Srbin.info editor questioned by police over 'sound cannon' case

Dejan Zlatanović, the editor-in-chief of the news portal Srbin.info, was questioned by police on Tuesday as part of a pre-investigative procedure. The Belgrade Higher Public Prosecutor's Office stated that Z.D. voluntarily responded to the police summons regarding suspicions of committing the criminal offense of "inciting violent constitutional change" or another offense prosecuted ex officio.

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questioned in the capacity of a citizen in the case of 'sound cannon' and then left the police premises.

The questioning is related to Zlatanović's controversial statements made since March 15, 2025, concerning the use of a "sound cannon" against citizens at the end of a protest. In these statements, he accused the President of Serbia of being responsible for the device's activation.

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D.Z. voluntarily responded to the police summons within the framework of a pre-investigative procedure due to suspicion of committing the criminal offense of 'Inciting violent constitutional change' or some other offense prosecuted ex officio.

Srbin.info reported that Zlatanović was called for an "informational interview" by the Security Information Agency (BIA) and the Criminal Police Directorate (UKP) on Tuesday afternoon. The portal claims that the "regime prosecution" took issue with Zlatanović identifying Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Ivica Dačić as responsible for activating the sound cannon at the March 15, 2025 protest, despite his professional reporting.

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due to his controversial statements, starting from March 15, 2025, regarding the use of a 'sound cannon' against citizens at the end of the protest on the same day, for the use of which he accused the President of Serbia.

The portal further alleged that BIA officers attempted to detain Zlatanović at his parents' home in Leštane, near Belgrade, the previous day. They reportedly entered the house without leaving any documentation or stating the reason for their visit. Srbin.info described this as part of a "multi-year persecution" against Zlatanović, who previously spent 55 days in pre-trial detention in 2023 following a trial for "overthrowing the constitutional order." He was later acquitted of those charges, which the portal characterized as having been "specifically spun by so-called regime media."

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despite the fact that he reported professionally, the regime prosecution was bothered that Zlatanović designated Aleksandar Vučić and Ivica Dačić as responsible for the activation of the sound cannon at the protest on March 15 last year.