Against Alija Balijagić The indictment for aggravated theft and illegal possession of weapons was also confirmed, Vijesti was told.
President of the Basic Court in Bijelo Polje, judge Gorica Djalovic, issued a decision confirming the indictment of the local Basic State Prosecutor's Office against the sixty-five-year-old man.
Balijagić was previously charged with double murder and will stand trial in the Higher Court for the fact that on October 25th last year he killed his sister and brother Milenko and Jovan Madžgalj, in the village of Sokolac, Bijelo Polje.
The Basic State Prosecutor's Office charges Balijagić with having moved armed...
"That he was carrying a firearm without authorization, without the appropriate permit - a rifle of the 'red flag' brand, the so-called 'five-shot', which he had previously illegally obtained after carrying it for several days, during which he was seen by several villagers from the territory of the municipalities of P. and P., and thus caused great disturbance among citizens in that area, as a result of which elementary schools were closed, and the villagers locked themselves in their houses at first light, and he deposited the weapon in the house of the injured parties BB and BG in PG, which he entered without authorization, thereby committing the criminal offense of illegal possession and carrying of weapons and explosives under Article 403, paragraph 3 in conjunction with paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro," states the decision of Judge Đalović.
The second count of the indictment alleges that on November 20, 2024, in a village in the border area, the defendant robbed a house and then a chest in which the homeowner kept two hunting rifles.
“On November 20, 2024, in the village of PG.. by breaking and entering a house owned by the injured parties BB and DB and by breaking the locked padlock of a wooden chest, in which the injured party BB kept two hunting rifles in his house (for which he had a permit to keep, issued by the RS Ministry of Interior, PS P.), he seized and appropriated two hunting rifles, one of which had been converted into a hunting rifle by removing a trombone, trombone sight and bayonet with mounts, worth ¤199,66, and ammunition for the same value of ¤20,73, and 13 live rifle bullets worth ¤11,09, which were in the chest. Using physical force and suitable tools, he broke a wooden window on the first floor, climbed a wooden ladder, ransacked, moved furniture, opened another PVC window, and then broke the glass on another window, entered the attic and ransacked two bedrooms, broke the lock on the chest and took rifles and ammunition worth a total of ¤658,13," the prosecution's report states.
It is further alleged that on the same day, through the area of the same village, he carried a large quantity of weapons and ammunition: two hunting rifles and ammunition - 27 hunting cartridges and 13 live rifle bullets with FMJ bullets, with one of the rifles having a bullet in the barrel.
"Weapons and ammunition were found on him on November 21, 2024, early in the morning, during his arrest in a house owned by PS.. where he was hiding, thereby committing the criminal offense of illegal possession and carrying of weapons and explosive materials," it added.
In early July, the Bijelo Polje High Court confirmed the indictment against Balijagić for the murder of Madžgalj.
He will be tried for aggravated murder by treacherous means, in conjunction with illegal possession of a weapon, and faces a sentence of 40 years in prison.
He confessed to the crime before the prosecutor and at the hearing to consider the indictment, and the prosecution's indictment states that he did so by shooting from a hunting rifle through an opening in the window, while they were watching television and did not expect an attack on themselves.
He was arrested near Priboj in Serbia, after almost a month on the run and an extensive police search in Montenegro and Serbia.
The prosecution also charges two police officers.
In early August, the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Bijelo Polje filed an indictment with the Basic Court there against two police officers on suspicion of acting unprofessionally in the case of the search for Alija Balijagić.
The proceedings against the police officers, who are charged with the criminal offense of negligent performance of duty, were initiated upon a report by Velibor Madžgalj, brother of the murdered Jovan and Milenka.
The Prosecutor's Office dismissed criminal charges against four of the six police officers of the Bijelo Polje Security Department against whom Madžgalj filed criminal charges.
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