Drag performer Aleksandar Savić, known as Alexis Plastik, was attacked on Saturday night in a bus city traffic in which his eye and leg were injured.
For Vreme, he explains what happened.
"A few stops after I got on bus 35, a girl got in and sat next to me. I slipped away, but she hit me twice and pinned me with her backpack, commenting that I didn't move well, even though I moved enough," says Aleksic.
After the exchange of insults, the girl sent homophobic comments to Aleksić and pulled the pendant he was wearing, then elbowed him in the ribs.
"It escalated, she scratched my eye with her fingernail, and the people around us started to react, because she started talking about being attacked. When a young man got between us, she became even more aggressive and tried to reach me with her hands. Then she calmed down and sat down, and I suggested to her that we review the footage from the cameras on the bus, because she still claimed that I attacked her, that we should call the police and make a statement, but she resented it. pulled out a sharp object from her purse and started stabbing me in the chest. I put my foot down, and she stabbed me in the leg. People stopped her, but she continued with homophobic insults," says Aleksić.
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He adds that they then got off at the same station, that the girl who attacked him was taken away by a young man in order not to de-escalate the situation, and that he waited for the police.
"The police took a statement and called the emergency services. Then I went to the emergency center, and I took the findings of the orthopedist and ophthalmologist to the police station, where I gave a statement. Today, the police contacted me and asked me to give them the exact time of the incident in order to identify the girl who attacked me, and I believe that she will be found very soon. I don't believe that I was targeted, but that the girl who attacked me is simply dangerous for the environment," says Aleksić.
He estimates that most people view the attack on him with concern, although comments justifying or relativizing the violence he suffered could also be seen on social networks.
"Many more people understand that this is a problem for all of us, regardless of one's sexual orientation, nationality or any other identity. Maybe sometimes the loudest are the people who mostly sit behind fake profiles and are quite primitive, but many people contacted me from different sides and offered help. That is why it is very important to emphasize that as a society we are very empathetic, but these others are louder," concludes Aleksić.
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