A day after the big protest in Belgrade, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announced the arrests, and VJT announced that six people had been arrested and that the action was continuing.
Six people arrested on Sunday (June 29) due to the existence of grounds for suspicion that they committed the criminal offense of Preparation of an offense against the constitutional order and security of Serbia, announced the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade.
The media reported earlier that an arrest was underway students in lockdown.
LS from Zaječar, IM from Smederevo, LS from Kragujevac, BB from Belgrade, NP from Sombor and DD from Niš were arrested, according to the VJT statement, adding that the action is still ongoing.
As stated in the statement, "there are grounds for suspicion that on June 20, 2025, in the premises of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and on June 21, 2025, in the premises of the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Belgrade, among other things, they arranged and prepared an attack on state institutions, blocking roads and crucial infrastructure in the territory of the entire country, in order to violently change the state order".
"Also, at the meeting in the premises of the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Belgrade, it was confirmed, as is suspected, that the 'ultimatum' for holding elections is just an excuse for the use of violence, because, according to the participants of the meeting, even if the request to hold elections in August is immediately accepted, they would not win those elections," the VJT statement reads.
The suspects were detained for up to 48 hours, during which time they will be brought in for questioning.
As RTS previously reported, the arrest action is related to audio recordings that were previously broadcast on several television stations and which have since been handed over to the competent authorities.
In the videos, it was recorded how students in the blockade at those meetings agreed and planned a violent attack on the Serbian Parliament, with a previous violent cleaning of the area in front of the Parliament, as well as in the Government building, then an invasion and blockade of the construction site for the Expo, Andrićevo venc, Pionirski park, the RTS building, writes Javni servis.
The Academic Plenum demands a halt to the arrests and the release of those detained
The academic community demands that the police and prosecutor's office immediately, without delay, stop the wave of arrests of students and release from custody all the persons arrested so far.
"Yesterday's magnificent protest, in which more than 200.000 citizens participated, passed peacefully, until the moment when the police violently attacked the demonstrators with raised hands, who did not offer any kind of resistance," the statement said.
As it is pointed out, a play was staged under the direction of this government in which students were supposed to be portrayed as thugs, so that all those protesting against this government and demanding early parliamentary elections would be further intimidated, mass arrests of students began, without legal basis.
"That is why we demand an immediate stop to this unprecedented repression of students. Otherwise, the academic community will call for even more massive protests in Belgrade, until those arrested are released," states the Academic Plan.
The signatories are: Rebel University Belgrade, Forum of the University of Arts in Belgrade, Free University Novi Sad, Free University Nis, Free University Kragujevac, Free State University Novi Pazar, Academic Plenum and Proactive University of Pristina with temporary headquarters in Kosovska Mitrovica.
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