Photo: M. MilenkovićThe beating of the writer Vladimir Arsenijević under the Branko bridge caused strong reactions. Writer Dragan Velikić for "Vreme" assesses that the attack was not an isolated incident, but a continuation of years of escalation of violence against citizens and political dissidents in Serbia.
Pisac Dragan Velikić he assessed that beating of writer Vladimir Arsenijević "another in a series of examples of violence" in Serbia.
"Vučić's Serbia made violence against its own citizens official ten years ago, with the demolition in Hercegovačka Street and the physical torture of the night watchman - the case is still without a legal solution," Velikić told Vreme.
He assessed that "from then until today, the matter has escalated into undisguised terror of the party state, with the open participation and assistance of the police."
"Since then, until today, the matter has escalated into undisguised terror of the party state, with the open participation and help of the police. Without that, it would not have been possible! Broken jaws of peaceful demonstrators, driving cars into citizens, all of this went unpunished for the perpetrators, and was finalized with the spectacular use of a sound cannon, let's repeat - against our own, peaceful and unarmed citizens. The attack on Vlad Arsenijević, a writer and activist, is just one more in a long line of Vučić's crimes," Velikić pointed out.
Velikić drew a parallel between contemporary forms of political violence and historical examples of extremist movements.
"And his historical role models are well-known and well-remembered - Mussolini's black shirts, members of Hitler's SA formations, the American Ku Klux Klan. Vučić joined the 'nice' group, and I believe that history will also remember him for that," concluded our interlocutor.
Let us remind you that the writer Vladimir Arsenijević was beaten under the Branko bridge in Belgrade, where the commemoration of the victims of the genocide in Srebrenica was supposed to be held. According to him, he was attacked by a group of 20 to 30 people, and the police and competent authorities have not yet disclosed details of the investigation.
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