Vucevic accused of downplaying assault on student Ana Vucak

Milos Vucevic, leader of Serbia's ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and former prime minister, faces accusations of downplaying a violent assault on student Ana Vucak. Vucevic had previously resigned from his premiership, citing "objective responsibility" for the January incident in Novi Sad. The attack allegedly occurred when SNS supporters pursued a group of students who were placing protest stickers. Vucak sustained a broken jaw during the confrontation. Vucevic has recently asserted that Vucak was not struck by a baseball bat but was involved in a physical altercation where she fell and injured her chin. Srdjan Hromis, Vucak's lawyer, strongly rejected this narrative, calling it a "malicious distortion of facts" and an attempt to portray the attackers as victims. He emphasized that forensic findings established the injury was caused by a blunt object, constituting serious bodily harm. Vucevic further claimed Vucak was seen at a protest days later, implying her jaw was not broken. Hromis countered that the footage Vucevic cited was from a different event months later and that Vucak's jaw was immobilized at the time, preventing her from speaking. The organization Free University condemned Vucevic's statements as an effort to relativize violence against the student and retraumatize witnesses. Vucak's legal team is considering further legal action due to these repeated public attempts to challenge established facts.

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Vucak was not hit with a baseball bat, but was involved in a physical confrontation, fell and injured her chin.