Serbia: 71-year-old arrested, suspected of trying to cut a student banner with a knife in Novi Sad

MG is suspected of violent behavior and, by order of the prosecutor, he has been detained for up to 48 hours.

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Ažurirano: 17.01.2025. 16:10h

Police in Novi Sad, Serbia, arrested MG (71) on suspicion of attempting to cut one of the banners carried by students with a knife during today's blockade.

The incident occurred around 13 p.m. in front of the Faculty of Medicine in Novi Sad.

MG is suspected of violent behavior and, by order of the prosecutor, he was detained for up to 48 hours.

He will be brought before the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad with a criminal complaint for violent behavior.

N1 Television reported earlier today that an elderly man approached a guard in a yellow vest and pulled a knife on him during a blockade in front of the Faculty of Medicine in Novi Sad, Serbia.

The media reported at the time that at that moment, the other guards and students disarmed the man.

And during the blockade in front of the Faculty of Law, an elderly man in a car started at the students with a baton, in an attempt to force his way through, the media outlet writes.

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