Serbian Police Arrest Three Suspected in Lawyer's Office Break-in
Translated from Serbian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
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- Serbian police arrested three individuals suspected of breaking into lawyer Zdenko Tomanović's office.
- The suspects are also linked to multiple counts of aggravated theft and robbery, stealing gold jewelry, watches, and money.
- Authorities are continuing to investigate attacks on two other lawyers in Belgrade.
Belgrade police have arrested three people suspected of attempting to break into the law office of Zdenko Tomanović on June 6. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) stated that the suspects are also linked to several aggravated theft charges and a robbery offense, during which they stole a significant amount of gold jewelry, watches, and money.
The members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Belgrade, in cooperation with the competent prosecutor's offices, have arrested three individuals suspected of attempting to commit the criminal offense of aggravated theft to the detriment of the law office Tomanović on June 6.
The arrested individuals have been detained for up to 48 hours and will be brought before the First Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade with criminal charges. The MUP emphasized that the police are continuing their intensive work to clarify the circumstances surrounding attacks on two other lawyers in Belgrade.
The arrested individuals are suspected of multiple criminal offenses of aggravated theft, as well as the criminal offense of robbery, during which they stole a larger quantity of gold jewelry, wristwatches, and money.
Specifically, police are investigating an incident on June 24 where an individual attacked a lawyer from behind in Resavska Street, hitting him with a fist. Additionally, authorities are working with the Third Basic Public Prosecutor's Office to investigate an attack on July 4 in Bulevar Arsenija Čarnojevića, where unknown assailants seriously injured a lawyer and lightly injured another person.
The police continue intensive work to shed light on the circumstances of the attacks on two lawyers in Belgrade.
The MUP assured the public that they will continue to take all legally prescribed measures to resolve these criminal offenses and will provide timely updates.
The members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Belgrade will continue to undertake all legally prescribed measures and actions in order to shed light on these criminal offenses and will inform the public about everything in a timely manner.
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Originally published by N1 Serbia in Serbian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.
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