They are looking for the perpetrators on camera footage.

A group of thugs physically attacked minors in Podgorica's Block 5 on Saturday evening, and the police announced that they are working to solve the incident.

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They hit even after falling to the ground (illustration), Photo: Shutterstock
They hit even after falling to the ground (illustration), Photo: Shutterstock
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Podgorica police yesterday reviewed footage from surveillance cameras in the capital, in order to identify a group of thugs who injured four minors in Block 5 on Saturday evening.

A group of teenagers attacked six minors at two locations, injuring two 14-year-olds, a XNUMX-year-old boy and a XNUMX-year-old boy. The XNUMX-year-old girl escaped without physical injury, as did the XNUMX-year-old boy, who was physically protected by his brother's friend, who was six years older.

"Vijesti" spoke yesterday with the parents of the injured fourteen-year-old and the father of a nine-year-old boy, whose six-year-old brother was injured.

The mother of the fourteen-year-old told "Vijesti" that her son was walking with his friend on Saturday evening and that they saw a group of about thirty masked people near the Red Cross, who had bars in their hands.

"When my son and his friend were returning from the city center, where they had gone for a walk, on the pedestrian bridge, on the side near the Red Cross, they saw the group and waited for them to disperse so they could safely pass home. When they arrived at Block 5, where we live, on the part of the road between Block 5 and 6, a group of 20-30 of them surrounded them and first started hitting my son with bars, who did not defend himself, only protected himself with his hands, they pulled his jacket, asked where he lives. Then they moved on to my friend, who fell to the ground and protected his head with his hands, which is how he sustained injuries to his hands from the bars and kicking. The girl who was with them was not injured, they only surrounded her and frightened her, then a random passerby, an elderly gentleman, came by and reported all this to the police. The hooligans ran away, and our children stayed and waited for the police," she said.

She pointed out that she was called by the Podgorica police at around 21.30:XNUMX p.m., and that she went there with her husband:

"There, the children gave statements in the presence of their parents, after which we went to the Children's Hospital, where they were diagnosed with minor injuries."

She added that they later learned that the bullies continued to walk through the Block and attacked two more children not far from where their children were attacked.

"We learned that the same group was reported twice last night, but the police couldn't find them," said the mother of the beaten fourteen-year-old.

She added that her son's friend, who was also beaten, is a year younger than the girl.

"They hit my son above the upper arm with a bar, then with a bar in the thigh and in the back of the head. They knocked the other boy to the ground, he covered his head with his hands, they mutilated his hands when they kicked him and hit him with bars... It's lucky that man came along, because who knows how much they would have beaten them," she said.

She added that, as they were leaving the Security Department, they met fellow citizens and neighbors from Block 5, whose children were attacked after theirs.

In an interview with "Vijesti", a Podgorica resident whose two sons were attacked explained that his children and their friend were attacked in front of the building where they live.

"They were in front of our building with my older son's friend, when that group of thugs ran up with some bars, I'm not sure that all the hooligans were minors, at least from what they told us... They immediately started hitting them, my older son's friend protected the younger one with his body, and managed to push him into the entrance, to save him, then a neighbor started shouting at the thugs and they ran away. My older son was hit several times with a bar, and his friend's elbow was injured, they were hitting him while he was protecting my younger son," he said.

They listen and seek

The police have officially announced the attack on minors, stating that officers from the Podgorica Security Department were notified on Saturday evening, around 21 p.m., that there had been a disturbance of public order and peace due to a fight between several minors in the Blok V neighborhood.

"Immediately after receiving the information, several police patrols were sent to the scene, where four minors with physical injuries were found, who were immediately taken for medical attention. Also, at the scene, police officers found four more minors who were immediately brought to the premises of the Podgorica Security Department and information was collected from them on the circumstances of the event," the Police Department said yesterday afternoon.

They explained that they had collected information from 13 people by then.

"Police officers are taking further measures and actions in coordination with the acting prosecutor at the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica, with the aim of identifying the participants and shedding light on the entire event, about which we will inform the public in a timely manner," the UP said.

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