At the same moment when the silence in Kralj Milan was broken by a terrible roar, a group of young men from the "King's Circle Residences" construction site started throwing firecrackers and cannon shots at the citizens
While the Emergency Center does not answer "Vremen"'s questions, Health Minister Zlatibor Lončar answers ironically. The question is whether more people are really reporting symptoms of dizziness, nausea, headaches that are associated with the alleged sonic boom during the protest in Belgrade on March 15
While Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and VJT seek to find those responsible for the spread of panic at Saturday's rally in Belgrade, civil society and the opposition claim they have enough evidence to file a lawsuit against the state for the alleged use of a sound cannon or another similar weapon.
All those who lied all day long on the regime televisions that the "colored revolution failed" know very well what happened on Saturday, March 15, in Belgrade: they were given a warning before being expelled
Policemen saw Belgrade on Saturday, soldiers saw it. Members of the Serbian Progressive Party saw Belgrade. Ivica Dacic also saw him. And nothing is the same anymore
Organizing several hundred thousand people is not an easy task at all. The students, with the help of war veterans and bikers, succeeded in doing so at a large protest on March 15
The temperature in Belgrade has dropped, it is starting to rain
On the day when a large protest is being held in Belgrade, sessions of local parliaments were scheduled in Čačak and Vlasotinac, whose holding was prevented by the citizens. Vučić told the people of Čač that they are criminals and swindlers
Students in the blockade published a map and plan of the protest. Gathering at several points in the city and walking together towards the Parliament of Serbia
Students from numerous places in Serbia arrived in Belgrade, on foot and by bicycle, to the protest held on Saturday, March 15. A reception was arranged for them in the capital
Before the protest in Belgrade, several transport companies canceled departures for the Serbian capital
Journalists from Slobodna Dalmacija were banned from entering Serbia before the protest because, as they were told, they represent a security risk
Journalists of the Second and Third and program 202 of Radio Belgrade are prohibited from working for the weekend, pre-recorded shows will be broadcast
The Executive Board of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts supports student protests and condemns threats and physical attacks on students
Although Vučić claims that he is not afraid of the protesters, on the eve of March 15, Pionirski Park was turned into a fortress, the fences were reinforced with wire, the trains were suspended, and the regime media was flooded with stories of violence. How the regime is preparing the ground for a big protest on Saturday and how far they are willing to go in a desperate attempt to stop popular discontent
The informal group "Students in blockade" has officially confirmed that the protest in Belgrade will begin on March 15 at 16 p.m. in front of the National Assembly building.
From all over Serbia, students are walking towards Belgrade for the protest that will take place in the capital on March 15. Cyclists and bikers also arrive, joint arrivals by car are organized, and guest workers also arrive
Before Saturday's protest, "Vremen" sources from the police say that some members of the service announce that they will not go to work and that their radio stations will not work.
On the day of the protest in Belgrade on March 15, Health Minister Zlatibor Lončar ordered hospital directors to work at full capacity.
Law faculty professor and Green-Left Front activist Svetislav Kostić does not expect Saturday's protest to overthrow the government. It could, he says, be a perfect day if the broad segments of society that revolted agree on what to do next.
Expectations were created among the rebel students and citizens that March 15 could be the beginning of the end of the progressive government. On the other hand, Aleksandar Vučić talks about the end of the beginning of the "illegal" protests and the "colored revolution". Is Saturday really "D-Day", as the regime media presents it? What are students planning, and what are progressive strategists planning?
Before the big protest in Belgrade on March 15, Andrej Vučić is allegedly recruiting farmers to block the approaches to Belgrade with tractors
It was "pumped" on Friday, March 7, with tram number two. Several thousand high school students, teachers, students and citizens in a protest walk through the central streets of Belgrade
Several thousand residents of 10 Belgrade municipalities held a protest "We want justice - we don't want threats" in front of the Palace of Justice
Due to the tragedy in Novi Sad, parliamentary opposition parties are organizing a protest at 17 pm in front of the Government of Serbia. Ivica Dacic warns that the police will not tolerate violence
Members of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) received a work obligation to guard all the party's commissions in Belgrade on Monday, Kompas-info.com learned from sources close to the party.
After two hours, the organizations "Sviće" and "Ne damo Jadar" announced the end of the two-hour blockade of the intersection of Kneza Milosa and Nemanjina Streets. Environmental activist Dragan Simović from Srednja Dobrinja was released after being questioned by the police
Some citizens saw people of a similar description in the entire gungula and in front of the construction site itself.
"Something I didn't see mentioned is that at the same moment (the moment when the stampede was caused, ed. nov.), characters with masks ran through the crowd, at least where we were standing, at the intersection of Kralj Milan and Svetozar Marković," writes one user on the X social network.
Something I didn't see mentioned was that at the same moment masked figures ran through the crowd, at least where we were standing, at the intersection of Kralja Milan and Svetozar Marković
— Maybe Crazy (@true_misfit_) March 16, 2025
And one of the citizens who was in Cvetni trg at that moment saw a group of young men going from that direction in the direction of Andrić's wreath, pulling masks on their faces.
Dejan Stanković is from 15.3. the opponent of the Republic of Serbia and the greatest enemy of the state pic.twitter.com/dHDaEbFKl5
— filliposrb (@filliposrb) March 19, 2025
Who entered the construction site without authorization?
The construction site from which the pyrotechnics were thrown is actually the unfinished "King's Circle Residences" complex, whose investor is a company majority-owned by former football player Dejan Stanković. "Maison Royal", while the contractor is the company "Teka gradnja".
The entire complex is completely surrounded by panels at least two meters high. It is easy to enter the construction site only from Svetozara Markovića Street, where surveillance cameras are also installed.
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Who are the people who entered the construction site on March 15, climbed to the upper floors of the unfinished building, and from there threw pyrotechnic devices at the citizens? "Vreme" tried to get this information from the contractor.
We did not receive an answer, although the friendly employees who answered wrote down our contact and promised that the director would call us. It sounded like they already knew this information, because the woman who answered told the other that the journalists were calling "because of those who climbed the building."
The director hasn't called yet.
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As we learn, a moment after he broke through Kralja Milana Street terrible roar, a group of young men threw firecrackers and cannon shots at citizens from the "King's Circle Residences" construction site, located in the stretch between the Yugoslav Drama Theater and Slavija, on the corner of Kralje Milan and Svetozar Marković.
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This is what the testimonies we collected from citizens speak about. One of them says that she was standing in Ulica Svetozar Markovića when, exactly at 19.11:19.11 p.m., she heard a loud sound, like a loud firecracker. By the way, at exactly XNUMX:XNUMX, there was an ominous impact that caused mass panic and a stampede, and just then chaos occurred near Pionirski Park, when cannon shots, bottles and raincoats flew from the tent settlement, causing the guards to throw away their vests and run into the crowd.
"Between 18.30:18.45 and XNUMX:XNUMX, a 'too loud firecracker' was also heard in the same place and something was being smoked at the corner of the construction site," she adds.
Another citizen adds that at the same second that the silence was broken, unknown people from the construction site turned on a green laser and aimed at people's heads, as well as that they threw cannon shots into the park and under the building, just a few meters from the crowd.
"Nobody knew what happened and that was the worst. It felt like some trucks were driving towards people and they started shooting at people," says one witness and adds:
"However, then we realized that they were not shooting, but were throwing firecrackers at us from the surrounding buildings. We could clearly see the silhouettes of people stationed in an unfinished building right next to the JDP, in the direction of Slavia, who were throwing firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices at us from the floors of that building."
And other testimonies say the same. Someone climbed up to the higher floors of the construction site - eyewitnesses mostly talk about the fourth and fifth floors - and started pouring firecrackers and cannon shots on the dismayed citizens from above.
Videos of people in black filming protesters in Kralja Milana Street from that construction site are also circulating on the Internet.
Last night, at the construction site across from the Hilton Hotel, many people were seen filming and observing the people in Kralja Milan. Immediately after the release of the cannon and the stormy reaction of the people, the same characters began to throw firecrackers, further inciting unrest. pic.twitter.com/hQa4Q6HtQb
— JoJoJoDzo (@JoJoJoDzo) March 16, 2025
Some citizens saw people of a similar description in the entire gungula and in front of the construction site itself.
"Something I didn't see mentioned is that at the same moment (the moment when the stampede was caused, ed. nov.), characters with masks ran through the crowd, at least where we were standing, at the intersection of Kralj Milan and Svetozar Marković," writes one user on the X social network.
Something I didn't see mentioned was that at the same moment masked figures ran through the crowd, at least where we were standing, at the intersection of Kralja Milan and Svetozar Marković
— Maybe Crazy (@true_misfit_) March 16, 2025
And one of the citizens who was in Cvetni trg at that moment saw a group of young men going from that direction in the direction of Andrić's wreath, pulling masks on their faces.
Dejan Stanković is from 15.3. the opponent of the Republic of Serbia and the greatest enemy of the state pic.twitter.com/dHDaEbFKl5
— filliposrb (@filliposrb) March 19, 2025
Who entered the construction site without authorization?
The construction site from which the pyrotechnics were thrown is actually the unfinished "King's Circle Residences" complex, whose investor is a company majority-owned by former football player Dejan Stanković. "Maison Royal", while the contractor is the company "Teka gradnja".
The entire complex is completely surrounded by panels at least two meters high. It is easy to enter the construction site only from Svetozara Markovića Street, where surveillance cameras are also installed.
[Caption id = "attachment_4894432" align = "alignnone" width = "825"]Who are the people who entered the construction site on March 15, climbed to the upper floors of the unfinished building, and from there threw pyrotechnic devices at the citizens? "Vreme" tried to get this information from the contractor.
We did not receive an answer, although the friendly employees who answered wrote down our contact and promised that the director would call us. It sounded like they already knew this information, because the woman who answered told the other that the journalists were calling "because of those who climbed the building."
The director hasn't called yet.
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