Belgrade prosecutors charge two over Grocka car attack

The Belgrade Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office sent an indictment to the Belgrade Higher Court on July 31, asking it to confirm charges over a car attack in Grocka, on the eastern edge of the capital. The accused are Veljko T. and Nikola M. The first is charged with attempted aggravated murder, the second with aiding the same offence.

The attack took place on June 6, 2026, at around 3 p.m., outside the injured man’s house. The two arrived in a Fiat Panda, according to the indictment.

A phone call, then a car at the gate

Nikola M. called the man from his own phone and asked him to step out of the house. When the man came out to the gate, Veljko T. was behind the wheel. He drove into him with the front of the car and the man fell backwards. The impact also shifted the gate at the entrance.

Both men then got out of the vehicle. Veljko T. walked up to the injured man and struck him several times in the head and body. The indictment also records what he said to him: “You want me to strangle you.”

Nikola M. stood nearby throughout. He did not step in and did not offer help, prosecutors say. The injured man was hurt in the attack.

Why are the two charged differently?

The difference is in the role, not in the offence itself. Veljko T. is charged with carrying out the act, meaning the blow with the car and the punches that followed. Nikola M. is charged with aiding it, because the phone call drew the victim out to the gate and he stayed alongside the man behind the wheel.

The legal qualification is the same for both, attempted aggravated murder. Any sentence would be set separately for each. Until a final verdict, both are presumed innocent.

Prosecutors also asked the court to extend the detention of both men.

Fifty-five days from the attack to the charges

The case timeline, as released by prosecutors, runs like this:

• June 6, 2026, the attack outside the house in Grocka, at around 3 p.m.
• June and July, both men held in detention while evidence is gathered
• July 31, 2026, the indictment goes to the Belgrade Higher Court for confirmation

The description of the attack, the role assigned to each man and the request on detention were all made public only with the indictment, fifty-five days after the event. Before that, prosecutors had released no account of what happened at that gate.

The next step is the Higher Court’s ruling on whether to confirm the indictment. Only then will it be clear whether the case goes to trial, and when.