From the new issue of "Vremena"

SNS beaters were first pardoned, and now they are also victims

January 28, 2026, 20:15 am JZ

The four SNS "activists" who beat up a student in Novi Sad a year ago are now "damaged" because someone photographed them in the police station

Who still remembers why, exactly one year ago, she fell Government of Serbia? The then Prime Minister Milos Vucevic he stepped in front of the cameras the morning after the four "activists" Social Media severely beat a female student in Novi Sad.

She ended up in the hospital, and they reported themselves to the police on command. But a few months later - the president Aleksandar Vučić He pardoned them.

The bizarre thing about the whole story is that this case is still being dragged through the courts, but now the SNS are the batterers - the alleged victims. "Vreme" provides details in the new issue, which is on newsstands from Thursday (January 29).

State power against the policeman

Namely, the four batterers filed a criminal complaint against police officer Željko Kolbas because he allegedly took photos of them at the police station.

Allegedly, MP Marinika Tepić then published that very picture, and the citizens quickly identified the batterers. Kolbas was speedily detained.

"All the power of the state apparatus fell on the shoulders of a brave policeman in order to protect the privacy of four SNS activists who in a 'heroic fight won victory' over a girl," former policeman Goran Stupar, now Kolbas's lawyer, told Vreme.

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The police officer is facing dismissal.

Evidence is being presented before the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad, and hearings are planned for the four allegedly injured parties these days.

"The Ministry of Justice initiated disciplinary proceedings against my client due to the suspicion that he committed a serious breach of official duty, for which dismissal is the most severe measure," notes lawyer Stupar.

There is a paradox - four "heroes" were pardoned by the president, and instead of them, policeman Željko Kolbas will sit on the dock, possibly as a former policeman, if he is fired.

"So much for law and justice," says Stupar.

Read the entire article in the new "Vremen", which will hit newsstands on Thursday (January 29). Or subscribe now to printed or digitally edition

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