Minors in custody for almost two months after the mass murder in "Ribnikar"

A 14-year-old girl from Futog has been in custody for almost two months because, after the mass murder in "Ribnikar" during the school lesson, she is suspected of spreading panic.

According to the portal 021, she is not the only minor in custody for causing panic.

As many as eight minors spent at least a month in detention in Novi Sad after the massacre at the "Vladislav Ribnikar" elementary school in Belgrade, mainly because of posts on social networks.

According to data that 021.rs received from the High Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad through a request for access to information of public importance, some minors have spent, or will spend, at least two months in custody.

In the period from May 3 to June 26, one fourteen-year-old girl, three fifteen-year-old boys, two sixteen-year-old boys and two seventeen-year-old boys were detained.

Only one of those who were remanded in custody was released after a month with a ban on leaving the apartment, while the others were remanded in custody for two months or later extended.

Lawyer Milan Antonijević tells 021.rs that what is happening with minors in detention is "inappropriate for our system", especially when you know that each of these mass crimes has later effects.

"The very crime that was committed in the elementary school 'Vladislav Ribnikar', and later in Mladenovac, is met with this reaction by people who are prone to it in a certain way or are unstable. Detaining people who really can't do that crime, especially if it's about causing panic, was and remains problematic," says Antonijević.

Tamara Džamonja Ignjatović, professor of psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade and president of the Association of Serbian Psychologists, tells 021.rs that when it comes to events like the one in "Ribnikar", it is important to respond to every post on social networks that provides supporting that act or intimidating with similar threats.

According to him, the judicial system reacted well when it came to the days after and detecting problematic posts, but now, after so much time, a different approach is necessary.

Read the entire text on the portal 021. rs.

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