Serbian Official Calls Sonic Weapon Simulation Claims 'Propaganda'

Raša Nedeljkov, Program Director of the Center for Research, Transparency, and Accountability (CRTA), has strongly refuted the notion that a sonic weapon attack was simulated during a protest on March 15th. Nedeljkov asserted that such a claim could only be believed by individuals whose minds have been "washed by toxic propaganda and conspiracy theories."

He specifically addressed the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office (VJT) statement, which suggested that students had discussed a sonic weapon during a plenum in January 2025. Nedeljkov described this as part of an "orchestrated campaign" by pro-government media, expressing alarm that the prosecutor's office would participate in such an effort. He warned that the "political instrumentalization" of the VJT could signal an increase in repression against those who investigated the sonic weapon case, documented testimonies, gathered facts, or reported on the consequences.

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The thesis that tens of thousands of people, who do not know each other, simulated and performed choreography as at some North Korean rally, can only be bought by those minds that are completely washed by toxic propaganda and conspiracy theories.

The VJT had previously stated that during a pre-investigation search related to the death of a student on March 27th, they found documents from a faculty plenum. These documents reportedly included an act from a meeting of the "Students in Blockade – Roof Working Group for Security" held on January 22nd, 2025. The VJT suggested that participants and other unidentified individuals might have been preparing to simulate the use of a "sonic weapon" by state organs during a March 15th protest in Belgrade. The alleged motive was to create public panic, incite unrest, and lead to a violent change in the constitutional order, thereby endangering state security.

However, "Students in Blockade" has rejected the VJT's claims. They confirmed that the document in question was created two months before the March 15th protest and pertained to a meeting discussing various security risks and potential police interventions during a planned all-day blockade of a Belgrade intersection. The student group maintained that their preparations were for peaceful protests and involved assessing risks to participants.

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What particularly worries us as an organization is that such political instrumentalization of the prosecutor's office heralds a possible increase in repression and retaliation against all those who publicly dealt with the sonic weapon case, who documented testimonies, collected facts, even medically documented the consequences, or simply presented facts related to it.