Although the police deny that sound weapons have been used in Serbia before, BIRN reveals that in November 2023, Serbian police used a "sound-producing weapon-like device" on refugees
In the days after the big protest in Belgrade March 15, there is a lot of discussion about the incident that happened during the 15-minute silence in Ulica Kralja Milana when it was allegedly used sonic weapon.
Retired Interior Minister Ivica Dacic first said that the police do not possess any sonic weapons, and then, after photos and videos of the device mounted on a Gendarmerie vehicle near the Serbian Parliament appeared, he held a press conference where he said that such a device does exist and demonstrated how it works, but said that it had never been used.
Nevertheless, an organization that deals with the rights of refugees found that the Serbian police used a "device similar to a sound-producing weapon" as early as November 2023 during the forced eviction of refugees from the facility where they were staying in the suburb of Sombor, writes BIRN.
On November 7, 2023, around 13 p.m., around 35 refugees - mostly men, along with several women and children - panicked and tried to escape through the fields near an abandoned house in the suburbs of Sombor. The police had just entered their residence, and suddenly a loud, penetrating sound rang out from the direction of the field behind the settlement, writes BIRN.
This knowledge by BIRN that some kind of sonic weapon was used against the refugees coincides with what was briefly stated in the report of the "Border Violence Monitoring Group" (Border Violence Monitoring Group), which consists of several organizations dealing with the rights of refugees and migrants, which was published in November 2024.
It states that the Serbian police used "a device similar to a sound-producing weapon" during the forced eviction of the refugees from the facility where they were staying.
"Last but not least, Collective Aid staff reported seeing the use of a 'weapon-like device that uses sound waves' to 'make noise and scare people during the eviction,'" the report said.
The report, which deals with the surveillance technology used on refugees and migrants, also points out that it is suspected to be an LRAD device.
Source: BIRN
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