During a traffic blockade in Belgrade, a car drove into a crowd of high school students, after which the driver exited the vehicle and directed insults at the students and an N1 cameraman.
Students from the Eighth Belgrade Grammar School organized a 15-minute traffic blockade in central Belgrade. At one point, the driver of a black Mercedes approached the crowd while attempting to turn onto a street but found his path blocked. He then exited the car, insulted the students and N1’s cameraman, and left his vehicle at the intersection, causing further traffic disruption. The students reported seeing a BIA cap on the driver’s seat, according to N1’s reporter. BIA refers to the Serbian Security Intelligence Agency.
The driver returned approximately 15 minutes later to retrieve his car. The N1 crew filmed him, prompting him to hurl insults at them once again.
He was ID’ed by the police after he approached the students, demanding that they delete the video they had recorded, and verbally attacking them in the process.
The driver subsequently provided a statement to N1’s reporter, explaining his actions. He claimed the students were standing on a pedestrian crossing and refused to let him pass.
“I don’t care about the blockades; I work. I wanted to make a turn, but they said I couldn’t. I told them to calm down. I went to the office to drop off some papers, came back after 15 minutes, and the blockade was over. I got into my car and saw they were filming me. I stopped in front of them and told them that no one would film me. I asked them to delete the video, and then the police came to identify me. They’re not allowed to film me,” he told N1.
Traffic blockades are held daily across Serbia as a 15-minute silent protest to commemorate the 15 victims who died in the collapse of the train station canopy in Novi Sad on November 1.
Source: N1
