Physical attacks, beaten journalists and numerous reports of election irregularities have marked election day so far. Over a hundred incidents were recorded throughout Serbia.
"Holiday of democracy" in Serbia from the early hours of this morning election on October 25th passes by numerous accident at polling stations throughout the country, but also outside of them.
Every minute, citizens on social networks share videos, photos and information from the field about physical attacks, duplicate voter lists and numerous other irregularities.
One of the first serious incidents took place in Doljevac when, writes N1, about thirty people stormed the polling stations and physically attacked those present and disrupted the voting process, during which one member of the voting committee was slapped.
She also spoke about this incident Republic Election Commission saying that one person tried to vote with multiple IDs.
"That is absolutely illegal. Then there were disagreements between the members of the electoral committee, there was a short incident, the police came. People came, took statements about the perpetrators and further processing will follow," said RIK president Vladimir Dimitrijević at the session.
In Kragujevac, a member of the Student List mobile team was beaten while trying to prevent the theft of votes.
Kragujevac: A member of the Student List mobile team was attacked
People who noticed him filming chased him to a nearby gas station and beat him up, breaking his nose.
He then announced himself on Instagram with a picture from UKC Kragujevac and the song "Live freely".
Also, journalists Mihailo Stojković from "Vranjski" and Jelena Stojković from "Večernje novosti" were attacked in the village of Pavlovac near Vranje, where they left after reporting election irregularities.
Beaten journalist from Vranje: "They pushed us, kicked us and threw stones at us"
"First, a couple of people started walking, and then, when they approached us, we turned and started running towards the main road, where our car was. Then the whole team started at us, pushed us, kicked us and threw stones at us. It was hell," said Mihailo Stojković for "Vreme".
Also, in the footage provided to "Vrema" by the citizens, you can see a conflict involving a citizen and Belgrade businessman Mića Softić, who drew the public's attention during the 2024 elections.
It was then reported that there was a call center for the ruling party in a local pizzeria in the center of Belgrade. Activists of the Green-Left Front of the Front then tried to record what was happening inside the pizzeria, when Softić attacked two activists and ZLF co-president Radomir Lazović.
Citizens also shared footage from Pancevo on social networks showing a fight between young men.
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Marinika Tepic from the "European Serbia" list stated on the Instagram social network that the boys left the vote when they were attacked by other young men with sticks and torches.
The incident took place in Pancevo in front of the Agricultural School.
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