Adžić: Preventing peer violence is a priority in the coming period

The event in Bar, as well as a number of others we are witnessing these days, remind us that we must additionally work on preventing peer violence, which will be our priority in the coming period, said Minister of Internal Affairs Filip Adžić.

Two nights ago, a group of young men in Bar physically attacked two athletes of the Sarajevo Athletic Club who came to Montenegro for training. Minors from Sarajevo were assisted in the Emergency Medical Service and the General Hospital in Bar. One of them was diagnosed with a serious physical injury in the form of a broken nose and jawbone, which is why he was transported to the Clinical Center of Montenegro for further hospitalization.

Adžić says that the attack on the athletes of AK Sarajevo in Bar, which justifiably caused a lot of public attention, both in Montenegro and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is not a real indicator of the hospitable people in Montenegro, where every well-meaning citizen is welcome.

"I wish the injured athletes a speedy recovery, in the hope that they will see Montenegro through some more beautiful moments and better people, of which there are certainly many more than rioters who spoil the image of our country," he says.

He adds that the Police Directorate undertook a series of activities aimed at elucidating this incident, and four minors from Bar were identified from whom notifications were collected, and last night a fifth participant in the incident was identified who was deprived of his liberty and will be questioned today.

"The juvenile prosecutor at the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Bar was informed of the incident, on whose order criminal charges will be filed against the minors on suspicion of having committed the criminal offense of violent behavior in connection with the criminal offense of grievous bodily harm," Adžić concluded.