Nis doctor Dragan Milić, founder of an opposition citizens' group, said that shots were fired at his apartment in that city in Serbia during the night between Saturday and Sunday.
Milić told N1 television that he was sleeping when the shot was heard and that he first thought a stone had been thrown at the apartment window.
"However, I saw in the window that the hole was round, as if from a missile, which was confirmed by forensic experts," Milić said.
According to him, the police conducted a "thorough" investigation.
"The investigation lasted six or seven hours and they determined that the shots were fired from the house across the street," said Milić.
Milić also stated today in Niš that he sees the shooting at his apartment on the night between Saturday and Sunday as an attempted murder.
Milić said that at first he was not aware that the damage to his bedroom window was caused by a bullet, but that he thought it was from a stone because there had been demonstrations on Friday.
"I sent the pictures to friends who are retired forensic scientists. They came, looked, saw, and told me to report it to the police immediately, that it looked like a projectile," Milić told reporters.
He pointed out that the police conducted a detailed investigation, even reconstructing the scene from the window of the house that looks into his bedroom.
"They pointed a laser through the window of that house at the hole the bullet made in the bedroom. That laser went directly to the pillow. The shooter who fired had very good aim and a very good trajectory," Milić said.
What prevented more serious consequences for him, he added, was the thickness of the glass and window, so the bullet did not penetrate the entire thickness of the window.
According to Milić, the attempted assassination of him is a logical consequence of the atmosphere in which society lives.
"If you have people from local media to the republican media and the most responsible officials in this country using inappropriate language, calling people 'the main evil', 'Trojan horse', 'traitor' or 'CIA doctor', it is quite logical that the result is insecurity and someone who has their own different calculations and probably thinks: 'I will rid myself of this evil, I will rid myself of this traitor, I will kill him and Niš will be free'," Milić said.
He called on everyone to be reasonable and emphasized that despite this assassination attempt, he has no intention of changing his policy.
"I forgive the one who shot, and may God forgive him. I have no negative energy towards him either, but this is a warning that our homeland is going in the wrong direction and that something urgently needs to change if we want to ensure a better future for our children," Milić emphasized.
Niš Police Department: Window on the bar below Milić's apartment damaged in January
The Niš Police Department announced tonight, regarding the report by Dr. Dragan Milić that his window was allegedly damaged by a projectile, that, while collecting information from the owner of the shop on the floor below Milić's apartment, they determined that two other similar damages had previously occurred to the shop's window.
The statement states that the owner of the restaurant "did not report the damage to the police," but, as he said, repaired the damage himself in January.
The police, at the request of the prosecutor's office, continue to take the necessary measures and actions to determine the facts and circumstances of this event, it added.
Prosecution: There is a possibility that there is a bullet hole in the window of Milić's room
The Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Niš announced today that "there is a probability" that the damage to the window of the house of Dr. Dragan Milić, founder of the opposition citizens' group of the same name, "was caused by the impact of a projectile" - a bullet.
"During the investigation conducted by the Basic Public Prosecutor on duty in Niš, in cooperation with the Niš Police Department and the analysis of all the facts collected so far, it was determined that there was damage in the form of a hole on the bedroom window and one damage on the window of the shop located on the floor below, which is likely to have been caused by the impact of a projectile," the Prosecutor's Office said in a statement and announced the continuation of the investigation.
Ministry of Interior: Police immediately conducted an on-site investigation following Dr. Milić's report, working to establish all the facts
The police in Niš conducted an on-site investigation following a report by doctor Dragan Milić that shots were fired at his apartment and are working intensively to establish all the facts and circumstances of the incident, the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) announced today.
The statement states that "immediately" upon Milić's report, police officers "went to the scene where they noticed that there was damage to the window of his apartment, as well as to the window of the shop on the floor below."
"The investigation, which lasted several hours, was carried out by the prosecutor of the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Niš in cooperation with the police. The police, at the request of the prosecutor's office, are working intensively to establish all the facts and circumstances of this event," the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced.
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