Novi Sad Prosecutor’s Office made an urgent statement: Nine people were arrested

As added, 6 people are suspected of violent conduct at a sporting event or public gathering, one person is charged with damaging and harming another’s property, and one person is charged with assaulting an official during a demonstration. for official duties and one for inciting public danger.

“The search for the perpetrator of the crime of damaging the reputation of the Republic of Serbia, which is included in the first paragraph of Article 173 of the Criminal Code, is still continuing, and intensive efforts are being carried out to determine the identities of other persons under investigation. The announcement states that these persons were detained by an official while performing their official duties.” It is stated that there are grounds to suspect that they have committed the crime of assault (that is, the crime of damaging and destroying other people’s property).

The announcement states that there was violence and property destruction in Novi Sad last night, and that the City Hall building, the protective fence of the construction site of the nearby underground garage, and the official entrance of the city hall were damaged by many people. The Criminal Court building in Novi Sad and the building of the Serbian Progressive Party on Liberation Boulevard, where the flag of the Republic of Serbia was torn down and several police officers were attacked by protest participants.

“We note that the crime of causing general danger in paragraph 3 of Article 278 of the Criminal Code, committed by pouring feces from the cistern in front of the City Hall, is included in the 1st paragraph. In a place where a large number of people gather in Novi Sad, there is a danger of the spread of infection and at the scene “The examination was carried out by the staff of the Vojvodina Public Health Institute and samples were taken, which are still being analysed.”

It is stated that in cooperation with the Novi Sad Police Department and other authorized control units, all kinds of measures and procedures are taken in accordance with the law in order to enlighten and prosecute the perpetrators of the above-mentioned criminal acts that the public is curious about. will be informed on a timely and regular basis.