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Vučić on Filipović's beating: I expect perpetrators to be found and held accountable
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Vučić on Filipović's beating: I expect perpetrators to be found and held accountable

From N1 Serbia · () Serbian

Translated from Serbian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić condemned the assault on film director and professor Stevan Filipović, demanding the perpetrators be found and held accountable.
  • Vučić stated that authorities must do their job and expressed a desire to believe Filipović's account of who attacked him was not a political fabrication.
  • Filipović reported being beaten by individuals he identified as "mercenaries of the ruling party" after photographing them demolishing a protected building, sustaining injuries including a concussion.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has called for swift justice following a violent assault on Stevan Filipović, a respected film director and professor at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts.

I expect the perpetrators to be found and to be held accountable.

— Aleksandar VučićThe Serbian President's reaction to the attack on Professor Stevan Filipović.

"I expect the perpetrators to be found and to be held accountable," Vučić stated to reporters, unequivocally condemning the violence. He emphasized that state authorities must thoroughly investigate the incident and fulfill their duties. Vučić added, "I would like to believe that it is not his political fabrication who beat him, but that he will provide adequate information to the competent state authorities. The competent state authorities will do their job, and that is what I ask and demand of them."

I would like to believe that it is not his political fabrication who beat him, but that he will provide adequate information to the competent state authorities. The competent state authorities will do their job, and that is what I ask and demand of them.

— Aleksandar VučićVučić expressed his expectation for a thorough investigation into the assault.

Filipović himself recounted the attack in a video shared on Instagram. He claimed that he was beaten by individuals he described as "mercenaries of the ruling party." According to Filipović, the assault occurred after he photographed them demolishing a protected building located at the intersection of Makedonska and Nušićeva streets in central Belgrade. He stated that his attackers knocked him to the ground, kicked and hit him with a metal chair, causing him to lose consciousness.

mercenaries of the ruling party

— Stevan FilipovićFilipović identified his alleged attackers in a social media video.

Filipović reported sustaining significant injuries, including a leg brace, a bruised hip, and a concussion. Doctors have advised him to remain immobile for 14 days. Vučić also commented that while his condemnation of the attack was clear, he felt that similar incidents, such as a shooting in a tent settlement outside the Serbian Parliament known as "Ćacilend," had not been sufficiently condemned in the past.

They knocked me to the ground, kicked and hit me with a metal chair. I lost consciousness.

— Stevan FilipovićFilipović described the physical assault he endured.
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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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