# Security guards throw opposition councillors out in Kraljevo

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.

## Security guards storm the session

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.

## Opposition councillors detained

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.

## Firm that provided security for the session

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.

## Participants

- [Gard Security System 036](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/gard-security-036): Its workers choked opposition councillors at a session of the Kraljevo assembly (responsible)
- [Kraljevo City Assembly](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/skupstina-grada-kraljeva): Its security guards physically attacked opposition councillors, and Jelena Tošić's arm was broken (responsible)
- [Kraljevo Police Department](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/pu-kraljevo): On 1 October 2025, its police platoon prevented opposition councillors from entering the assembly session (responsible)
- [City Administration of Kraljevo](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/gradska-uprava-kraljevo): It awarded contracts to the firm Gard Security system 036: in 2020 with a single bidder, and in 2023 in a tender that closed within 14 seconds (responsible)
- [Predrag Terzić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/predrag-terzic): Of the security guards' conduct at the session, he said it was not a fight but the rules being applied (commented on the case)
- [Predrag Voštinić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/predrag-vostinic): He described councillors being thrown out and said people from the same agency had been recognised during the raid on the university in Novi Pazar (oversight and the public)
- [Vladan Slavković](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/vladan-slavkovic): Security guards tried to remove him from the podium, and after the session police detained him on suspicion of violent behaviour (harmed)
- [Ivan Matović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/ivan-matovic): After the session at which security guards threw out opposition councillors, police detained him on suspicion of violent behaviour (harmed)

## Victims and others harmed

- [Jelena Tošić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/jelena-tosic)

## Sources

- [Vreme: Brutality in the Kraljevo Assembly: opposition councillors thrown out, Jelena Tošić's arm broken](<https://vreme.com/vesti/vostinic-vlast-odlucila-da-se-maca-lati/>): 15 May 2025
- [RTS: Kraljevo, unrest in the Assembly: opposition councillors clash with security; protests over detentions](<https://www.rts.rs/lat/vesti/politika/5711696/neredi-u-kraljevackoj-skupstini---odbornici-opozicije-se-sukobili-sa-obezbedjenjem.html>): 15 May 2025
- [N1: When Predrag Terzić "applies the rules": councillors detained and injured, chaos in the assembly](<https://n1info.rs/vesti/kad-predrag-terzic-primenjuje-propise-odbornici-privedeni-i-povredjeni-a-u-skupstini-haos/>): 15 May 2025
- [Danas: Kraljevo activists released from custody](<https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/aktivisti-iz-kraljeva-pusteni-iz-pritvora/>): 16 May 2025
- [Novi magazin: Court throws out prosecution's motion, Kraljevo opposition councillors remain free](<https://novimagazin.rs/vesti/353228-sud-odbacio-tuzbu-tuzilastva-opozicioni-odbornici-iz-kraljeva-ostaju-na-slobodi>): 21 May 2025
- [Nova.rs: 92 million from state contracts: the murky dealings of the security firm that beat councillors in Kraljevo](<https://nova.rs/vesti/drustvo/92-miliona-od-poslova-sa-drzavom-mutni-poslovi-firme-za-obezbedjenje-koja-je-tukla-odbornike-u-kraljevu/>): 21 May 2025
- [Vreme: Kraljevo thugs in Novi Pazar: the SNS's intervention squads](<https://vreme.com/vesti/kraljevacki-batinasi-u-novom-pazaru-interventni-odredi-sns-a/>): 30 Jul 2025
- [Vreme: Private army: what else does the firm whose workers stormed DUNP do?](<https://vreme.com/vesti/privatna-vojska-sta-jos-radi-firma-ciji-su-radnici-upali-na-dunp/>): 31 Jul 2025
- [Vreme: Same scenes, another city: police and scuffles outside the Kraljevo and Čačak assemblies](<https://vreme.com/vesti/iste-scene-drugi-grad-policija-i-koskanje-pred-skupstinama-kraljeva-i-cacka/>): 1 Oct 2025
- [N1: Voštinić: Kraljevo Assembly session held with mercenaries and the Gendarmerie, the situation will escalate at some point](<https://n1info.rs/vesti/vostinic-sednica-skupstine-kraljeva-uz-placenike-i-zandarmeriju-situacija-ce-u-nekom-trenutku-eskalirati/>): 2 Oct 2025
- [N1: "A mini Ćacilend scene, they decide the quorum": police and private security outside the Kraljevo Assembly again](<https://n1info.rs/vesti/mini-prizor-cacilenda-oni-odredjuju-kvorum-pred-kraljevackom-skupstinom-ponovo-policija-i-privatno-obezbedjenje/>): 26 Nov 2025

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Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/kraljevo-skupstina-obezbedjenje-2025  
As of: 4 Nov 2026  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)