Serbian Police Seek Clues Linking Body in Metal Drum to High-Profile Shooting

Police in Serbia continued their investigations on Friday after finding a dead body in a metal drum buried near the town of Indjija, which prosecutors believe is likely that of a man who was reported missing last week. The Institute of Forensic Medicine in Belgrade will do an autopsy and DNA analysis of the body, the Higher Prosecutor’s Office said. “DNA analysis is being conducted, but I can say with 99.9 per cent certainty that it is A.N.

[the initials of the missing man],” Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told public broadcaster RTS on Thursday. The Higher Prosecutor’s Office said it is investigating 10 people suspected of various crimes related to aggravated murder. The prosecutor’s office has issued 70 orders for various expert examinations. One suspect is former Belgrade Police chief Veselin Milic, who was arrested last Friday over A.N.’s disappearance on Tuesday. Milic was put in detention for up to 30 days, suspected of having failed to report a crime and its perpetrator and of assisting an offender after the commission of a crime. On the same day he was arrested, the Interior Ministry said Milic was “no longer the head of the Belgrade Police Department”, without explaining whether he had resigned or been dismissed. Three more police officers were arrested under the same charges as Milic. According to the prosecution, on the night of May 12, two people identified only as S.V. acted as accomplices in the murder of A.N. at a restaurant called 27 in an upscale area of Belgrade. was called by Milic, who was already at the restaurant with the two alleged accomplices to the murder, to go there without his security guards. At the restaurant, a man identified as S.V.

Key points

• [the initials of the missing man],” Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told public broadcaster RTS on Thursday.
• The Higher Prosecutor’s Office said it is investigating 10 people suspected of various crimes related to aggravated murder.
• The prosecutor’s office has issued 70 orders for various expert examinations.
• One suspect is former Belgrade Police chief Veselin Milic, who was arrested last Friday over A.N.’s disappearance on Tuesday.
• Milic was put in detention for up to 30 days, suspected of having failed to report a crime and its perpetrator and of assisting an offender after the commission of a crime.