Analyst Radic's Home Searched in Sound Cannon Case, Freed
On orders of Belgrade's Higher Public Prosecutor's Office, police searched military analyst Aleksandar Radic's home and office over the sound cannon case from the March 15, 2025 protest. No detention was sought.
- On orders of Belgrade's Higher Public Prosecutor's Office, a search of military analyst Aleksandar Radic's home and office was carried out from June 22.
- The investigation concerns the alleged use of a sound cannon during the Belgrade protest on March 15, 2025.
- Radic was also questioned over his contested statements about the use of sonic weapons against demonstrators.
- Prosecutors sought no detention after the actions, and Radic was freed following a multi-hour search.
On orders of Belgrade’s Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office, police searched the home and office of military analyst Aleksandar Radic. The action was carried out from June 22 as part of the investigation into the so-called sound cannon case.
This is one of the most disputed episodes from last year’s protests. Prosecutors are examining the circumstances in which the public came to believe that a sonic weapon had been deployed against the assembled citizens. The search lasted several hours. Once the actions were completed, prosecutors proposed no detention, and Radic was released.
The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office stated that the analyst was also questioned. The reason, it said, was his contested statements about the use of sonic weapons against demonstrators. Radic was among the first in public to raise the possibility that such a device had been used during the gathering.
What exactly are prosecutors examining in the sound cannon case?
The investigation is tied to the large protest in Belgrade on March 15, 2025. According to numerous accounts, a wave passed through the assembled crowd that day and triggered panic. Part of the public described it as the effect of a sound cannon, an acoustic weapon. The authorities have repeatedly denied this.
Prosecutors are now establishing how, and in what sequence, information about an alleged sonic weapon spread immediately after the rally. The focus is on statements by individuals who first put that claim into the public domain. Among them is Aleksandar Radic, whose statements are now being reviewed in the proceedings.
It should be stressed that a search and questioning are actions within a pre-trial procedure. On their own they do not mean that an indictment has been filed against anyone. No person’s guilt has been established by a final judgment. The fact that no detention was proposed indicates that prosecutors, at least at this stage, did not find grounds to hold anyone.
How did the day of the search unfold?
The search of the home and office began on June 22 and, according to available information, lasted several hours. During these actions the analyst was also questioned. When it ended, Radic left the site of the search as a free man, because no detention measure was requested.
The sound cannon case has divided the public since last year. One side insists that a device normally used to disperse crowds was deployed against peaceful demonstrators. The other side maintains that no such effect occurred. A prosecutorial investigation is the instrument meant to answer those disputes with facts rather than interpretations.
For now, only what prosecutors have stated and what follows from the actions taken is certain. A search was conducted, questioning was held, and no detention was sought. Everything else remains a matter for proceedings that are still under way.
Will the investigation into the sound cannon case finally produce the facts to settle a dispute more than a year old?
