# Police officer beats final-year student in Raška

Category: Violence against citizens  
Period: from 5 Jul 2025  
Outcome: Indictment filed (as of 30 Sep 2026)  

A final-year student at the Raška Grammar School, then still in secondary school, was beaten by two police officers near the railway station after a protest on the night of 4 to 5 July 2025. The first, Marijan M., struck him with a baton. On 5 November 2026, in a first-instance ruling, the Basic Court in Raška ordered the Interior Ministry to pay him 320,000 dinars in damages and found that the officers' conduct had been „absolutely unlawful“. The Interior Ministry appealed. Criminal proceedings are reportedly also under way against Marijan M.

## The night at the railway station

On the night of 4 to 5 July 2025, at around two in the morning, a final-year student at the Raška Grammar School was beaten near the railway station in Raška by two police officers, according to the ruling. M.M. first hit him with a baton, and then a second, unidentified officer kicked and punched him. The student suffered minor injuries, after which M.M. made him put the waste containers back. According to the student's account, there were three officers.

The next day, students of the Grammar School, which they were holding under blockade, said he had been „brutally beaten“ by M.M., an officer from the Raška police station. About a hundred citizens protested outside the station, demanding his suspension.

## Civil suit against the state

The student sued the state, namely the Ministry of the Interior, for damages; the first hearing at the Raška Basic Court was held on 9 March 2026. On 5 November, the court ruled at first instance that the state must pay him 320,000 dinars in non-pecuniary damages and more than 200,000 dinars in legal costs.

In its reasoning, the court found that the officers had used force without legal grounds and that their conduct was “absolutely unlawful”. The first officer did not respond to the court's summonses. The ministry has appealed to the Court of Appeal in Kragujevac.

## Criminal complaint and trial

The student filed a criminal complaint against the officers with the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Raška; as of November 2026, there is no official information on whether the investigation has been completed.

Criminal proceedings are also reportedly under way at the Raška Basic Court against police officer Marijan M., who is charged with beating the student that night.

## Participants

- [Marijan M.](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/marijan-m): According to the ruling, he was the first to strike the final-year student with a baton and made him put the containers back; he is reportedly also on criminal trial (responsible)
- [Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/mup-srbije): Appealed against the ruling ordering it to pay the student 320,000 dinars in compensation (commented on the case)
- [Basic Court in Raška](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/osnovni-sud-raska): Ordered the Interior Ministry at first instance to pay the student 320,000 dinars because the officers used force without legal grounds (investigation and courts)
- [Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Raška](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/ojt-raska): Received the student's criminal complaint against the police officers; there is no official information on the outcome of the investigation (investigation and courts)

## Sources

- [Razglas: Gymnasium students say a police officer beat a final-year student](<https://razglas.rs/gimnazijalci-tvrde-da-je-maturanta-pretukao-policajac/>): 5 Jul 2025
- [Razglas: Residents demand suspension of officer who beat gymnasium student](<https://razglas.rs/gradjani-traze-da-policajac-koji-je-pretukao-gimnazijalca-bude-suspendovan/>): 5 Jul 2025
- [Razglas: Raška student sues the state over injuries inflicted by police officers](<https://razglas.rs/student-iz-raske-tuzio-drzavu-zbog-povreda-koje-su-mu-naneli-policajci/>): 10 Mar 2026
- [Nova.rs: Police officer and nephew of Raška municipality president detained in Kosovo over cigarette smuggling: he first drew attention over an attack on a student](<https://nova.rs/vesti/hronika/policajac-i-bratanac-predsednika-opstine-raska-priveden-na-kosovu-zbog-sverca-cigareta-u-fokusu-paznje-se-nasao-zbog-napada-na-studenta/>): 30 Sep 2026
- [Razglas: Raška: State must compensate student beaten by police officers](<https://razglas.rs/raska-drzava-mora-da-plati-obestecenje-studentu-kojeg-su-pretukli-policajci/>): 5 Nov 2026

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Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/policajac-pretukao-maturanta-raska  
As of: 6 Nov 2026  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)