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The Prosecutor's Office is questioning citizens with complaints about the possible use of "dangerous weapons" on March 15

April 05, 2025, 12:54 am BB
Photo: FoNet/MUP of Serbia
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The Prosecutor's Office requested all available data on the critical event, that is, on the collected information on the persons who sustained injuries, from the citizens' defenders.

The first basic public prosecutor's office in Belgrade continues to investigate whether he is at the protest March 15 in Belgrade, during the delivery of mail victims of the fall of the railway station canopy in Novi Sad, some pyrotechnic or other generally dangerous weapon was used.

The Prosecutor's Office will listen to the statements of citizens who submitted their information through non-governmental organizations by April 3, who stated that they attended the event that day and who have lists of the hardships they suffered.

At the protest on March 15, 2025, let's recall, a sound was heard in Ulica Kralja Milana, which caused panic, running, pushing and falling of the gathered citizens.

The Prosecutor's Office requested all available data on the critical incident from the public defenders, that is, on the collected information on the persons who suffered injuries, the First Basic Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade said, and the daily "Politika" reports.

When asked whether the prosecution will investigate which device is in the photo shown by the vice-president of the Freedom and Justice Party Marinika Tepić at a press conference two days after the disputed event, her allegations about the existence of sound cannons and the statement that a member of the Gendarmerie gave to the media claiming "that the entire platoon saw a 'sound cannon' next to the Assembly", as well as the device shown to the media by the Minister of Police Ivica Dacic, from the First Basic Prosecutor's Office said that "at this stage of the proceedings they are not able to provide details procedure".

The prosecutor's office announced earlier that a "sound cannon" was not used during the disputed event at the protest. In the press release that was sent to the media at the time, it was stated that the aforementioned prosecution "found this pointlessly" based on reports received from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Health and the Security and Information Agency (BIA).

Regarding the claim that a "sound cannon" was used during the protest on March 15, the European Commission reacted and called on the authorities in Serbia to investigate whether that or a similar weapon was used during the aforementioned demonstrations. It was stated that they expect a quick, transparent and credible investigation into the accusations that an illegal tool was used, and they reminded that according to the EU Human Rights Act, the authorities must protect all protest participants from injury and violence.

In addition to the EC, the disputed event also attracted the attention of the European Court of Human Rights, which on March 24 asked Serbia to declare whether illegal means were used against demonstrators at the protest in Belgrade on March 15 and what the legal basis was for the alleged use of such weapons.

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