Category: Violence against citizens
Period: from 15 May 2025
Outcome: No one investigated (as of 21 May 2025)
At a session of the Kraljevo City Assembly on 15 May 2025, security staff, according to N1 and Vreme, burst into the chamber during a break and physically removed opposition councillors; Lokalni front councillor Jelena Tošić suffered a broken arm. Mayor Predrag Terzić said it had not been a brawl but the enforcement of the rules. Police detained two opposition councillors, who were released the next day after the court rejected 30 days' custody. The reports we read do not say that any of the security staff were detained or named as suspects.
At a session of the Kraljevo City Assembly on 15 May 2025, security guards stormed into the chamber during a break and physically removed opposition councillors, according to N1 and Vreme. Local Front councillor Jelena Tošić suffered a broken arm, which the emergency medical service confirmed to RTS.
Mayor Predrag Terzić said it had not been a brawl but the enforcement of the rules.
Police detained two opposition councillors, Vladan Slavković and Ivan Matović, on suspicion of violent behaviour as part of a group. They were released the next day under a ban on contacting witnesses, after the court rejected 30 days' custody. The reports we read do not say that any of the security staff were detained or named as suspects.
According to the Nova.rs news site, security at the session was provided by the Kraljevo-based firm Gard Security system 036, which earned over 92 million dinars from state contracts in five years, including from the Kraljevo City Administration. Local Front councillors claim they also recognised people from the same firm during the storming of the State University of Novi Pazar in July 2025 (the affair "Students thrown out of the DUNP building in Novi Pazar").
At the session on 1 October 2025, the opposition was met at the entrance by police, private security and a metal detector.