The police have so far identified and detained two Turkish citizens who are linked to last night's wounding of Podgorica resident MJ (25) with a knife, and they have detained another 45 Turkish citizens.
This was announced by the Police Directorate (UP), explaining that last night, half an hour after midnight, there was a disturbance of public order and peace with a fight involving several people at a catering facility in Zabjelo: "In which a cold weapon was used - a knife, and in which incident one person suffered bodily injuries to the chest and arms."
"After further police and prosecutorial measures and actions, the legal qualification of the aforementioned act will be carried out and possible responsibility will be assessed," the UP said.
They say that, taking into account the events with elements of violence in the last 24 hours, in which Turkish citizens temporarily residing in the territory of Podgorica participated, and the causation of incidents in several locations, officers of the Regional Security Center "Center", the Border Police Sector and the Regional Border Police Center "Center" are conducting coordinated activities in the territory of Podgorica, in which around 45 people - Turkish citizens - have been detained.
"Officers of the Police Directorate will assess the reasons for the stay of the aforementioned persons, the justification and legality of their stay, as well as the elements of their violence that occurred during their stay, which will result in repressive measures and the cancellation of the stay and expulsion of foreigners. Officers of the Police Directorate will uncompromisingly continue increased controls of the stay of foreigners on the territory of Montenegro in accordance with the Law on Foreigners and take repressive measures and actions against foreigners who do not respect the regulations and laws of Montenegro and, in a short time, cancel the stay and deport them from the country," the Police Directorate said.
A state of siege was in place tonight in the Podgorica neighborhood of Zabjelo, where the police conducted raids after Podgorica resident MJ was beaten and stabbed in the neighborhood last night, while on the other hand, numerous residents of the neighborhood, revolted by last night's act of violence, gathered and repeatedly chanted derogatory slogans against the Turks.
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A large number of police officers and inspectors were on the scene, and several locations in that part of the city were checked.
A reporter for Television Vijesti reported that three Turkish citizens had even barricaded themselves in a casino after, according to eyewitnesses, a group of locals tried to physically confront them.
After taking them out of the casino, the police detained two Turkish citizens, and according to unofficial information from Television Vijesti, one of them is suspected of being involved in last night's attack.
After that, the group of citizens began to disperse.
Vijesti reported earlier today that the Podgorica police are searching for three attackers who, late last night, seriously injured and stabbed a Podgorica resident, MJ, in the Zabjelo settlement in Podgorica.
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The Police Directorate unofficially told Vijesti earlier today that they are searching for the perpetrators, that they have notified the prosecutor's office about the incident, and that the qualification of the criminal offense is pending.
The injured Podgorica resident claims that he was attacked by Turkish citizens, and he told the journalist what he told the police after he was given assistance in the Emergency Unit of the Clinical Center - that last night he and his friends were on the terrace of a bar in Zabjelo, and that they remained there even when the bar was closed, and that he was attacked then.
Prime Minister Milojko Spajić announced tonight that the Government will make a decision tomorrow, following an urgent procedure, on the temporary lifting of the visa-free regime for Turkish citizens.
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