Students thrown out of the State University of Novi Pazar building

Category: Violence against citizens

Period: from 28 Jul 2025

Outcome: No one investigated (as of 1 Aug 2025)

On the night of 28 to 29 July 2025, representatives of the State University of Novi Pazar and about fifteen people from the Kraljevo firm Gard Security Sistem 036 entered the building and threw out the students who were blockading it. The firm's director, Dejan Aleksić, told Vreme that people from the university had contacted them. Lokalni front recognised him in footage of the raid, N1 reported. Those reports do not say that anyone from the security staff or the university administration is a suspect.

Participants

• State University of Novi Pazar: According to Vreme, its officials entered the building with private security and threw out the students who were blockading it (responsible)
• Dejan Aleksić: Director of the firm whose staff threw students out of the university building; according to a local councillor, he was himself seen in footage of the raid (responsible)
• Gard Security System 036: According to Vreme, its employees entered the building with university officials and threw out the students who were blockading it (responsible)

Sources

• Vreme: Gard Security Sistem 036: the State University of Novi Pazar hired us to throw out the students: 1 Aug 2025
• N1: Slavković: Who are the people from Kraljevo who stormed the State University of Novi Pazar building?: 29 Jul 2025