Since Friday evening, the police have been unable to track down the fugitive Alija Balijagić, suspected of double murder, and instead of concrete results of the search, in which the army is also involved, yesterday opened a polemic with the residents of the Bjelopolje village of Sokolac, claiming that they had not reported the armed uninvited guest to them for days.
On the day when the murdered brother and sister were buried on Friday evening, Jovan (60) and Milenka Madžgalj (69), it was announced from the Police Administration that the locals only reported on the day of the crime that Balijagić was moving around that area armed.
However, they did not explain how on Friday evening, despite the fact that there was only one report, they left the villagers in the Vraneška valley at the mercy of a thug, rapist and robber, who spent almost four decades in prisons.
It is suspected that Balijagić killed a brother and sister in Sokolac on Friday, around 21.10:XNUMX p.m., and then fled.
After the murder, the locals of Sokoc told "Vijesti" that Balijagić, armed with a rifle, moved around the villages above Bijelo Polje for days.
President of the Tomaševo Local Community Vesko Gogić on Saturday, he told "Vijesti" that the police did nothing for ten days to find Balijagić.
I Dragan Grba from Sokoc claims that his neighbors reported Balijagić, but that the police did not react.
"Balijagić was on the move for several days and reported him three days ago Milija Zejak, but no one reacted. Last night, when you couldn't see a finger in front of your eye, they flew over with a helicopter, and today they are gone," Grba said on Saturday.
The police department spoke out more than 24 hours after those accusations, claiming that Balijagić was reported for the first time only on the day of the murder, and that they were then told that he was in Sokolac and that he owned a rifle.
"The allegations that this person was reported to the Police Directorate several times are not true, the only report from the Tomaševo MH, in relation to AB, was received on October 25, more precisely on the day the criminal offense was committed. The aforementioned report referred to the fact that the person AB is in the hamlet of Sokolac and that he owns a rifle. Then the police officers, immediately, without delay, acted on the report and went to the scene where the reported person was not found, but he had moved away in the meantime. Police officers of the Security Department of Bijelo Polje spent the entire day of October 25, until the early evening hours, touring the grounds, as well as the residence of the now deceased persons, as well as other localities where the locals stay in order to gather more information. On that occasion, AB was not found," the Police Administration officially announced last night.
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They explained that it was a terrain with such a configuration "where the face could be hidden even in the relative vicinity, without being in the perimeter and line of sight of the police officers".
However, the question arises as to how the policemen, if they patrolled Sokoce throughout the day and visited the house where the brother and sister Madžgalj were killed at 21.10:XNUMX p.m., did not find Balijagić, if, as the Minister of the Interior announced the day before Danilo Šaranović, he "stayed a few hours before committing the crime in the household of the victims, who hosted him..."
Soldiers in the village
The police administration claims that all their available forces have been on the ground since Friday evening, and on Saturday the army joined the police in the search for Balijagić.
Chief of the General Staff of the Army of Montenegro (VCG), Brigadier General Zoran Lazarevic announced yesterday that soldiers would spend the night in the village of Sokolac, in order to help the locals overcome their fear of the murder suspect.
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The police administration announced last night that they are continuing intensive activities in the search for Balijagić.
They pointed out that in addition to the operational staff of the Regional Security Center "North", which includes nine departments and police stations in the north of Montenegro, the complete operational staff of other organizational units of the Police Administration and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were made available:
"So that this person would be located and deprived of his freedom as soon as possible. In the search for this person, the most sophisticated technique at the disposal of the Police Directorate is used".
They explain that, at the request of Minister Šaranović, the special units of the Croatian Armed Forces also got involved in the search for Balijagić.
"Which, together with the officers of the Police Directorate - Ministry of Internal Affairs, undertake measures and actions to locate AB and his deprivation of liberty".
And last night, that security institution repeated the appeal to citizens to be careful, but also to help them if they have any information about Balijagić:
"We emphasize that this is a person who is currently armed, who is still at large, and we appeal, first of all, to all residents of Tomaševo and the surrounding villages, but also to all citizens of Montenegro, that all knowledge they have in relation to this person immediately and share it with the police without delay by calling the emergency number of the Bijelo Polje Security Department 067/184-844 or to a toll-free number 122, the nearest police station or in another way. Citizens can report their information about this person to the police anonymously by calling these numbers. The help of the local population is extremely important to the Police Department, since it is a large scattered area, which is largely inaccessible, and any information at this moment is welcome... We also appeal to the residents of Bijelo Polje, especially the residents of the mentioned village, to be be cautious, stay in their housing facilities and do not allow unknown persons to enter them, while the police undertake all activities within their jurisdiction with the aim of bringing the security situation under control and depriving the perpetrator of his freedom".
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They said that the police, in cooperation with the Army, are carrying out intensive activities - they conduct a targeted search of the terrain and visit all positions that can be assumed to be useful for Balijagić to stay and hide.
We emphasize that this is a person who is currently armed, who is still at large, and we appeal first of all to all residents of Tomaševo and the surrounding villages, but also to all citizens of Montenegro, that all knowledge they have in relation to this person immediately and share it with the police without delay by calling the emergency number of the Bijelo Polje Security Department 067/184-844 or to a toll-free number 122, to the nearest police station or in another way", appealed yesterday from the Police Administration
Online classes while Balijagić is at liberty
Classes at the schools "Krsto Radojević" in Tomaševo and JU Elementary School "Milovan Jelić" in Pavino Polje will continue to be conducted online.
This was decided, with the support of the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation, due to the newly created situation in which the safety of the population in the area of the towns of Tomaševo and Pavino Polje in Bijelo Polje is threatened.
Classes will take place online until conditions are created for the safe arrival and stay of children at school.
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