Kumodraz Murder Case Moves to Organized Crime Prosecutors

The Belgrade Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office has ceded the Kumodraz murder case to the Prosecution for Organized Crime. The decision was announced on August 13, 2026, in a statement posted on the Belgrade Higher Prosecutor’s Office website. The basis is reasonable suspicion that the four defendants did not act on their own, but as an organized criminal group.

The crime took place on June 22, 2026, in Belgrade, in the Kumodraz neighborhood. Prosecutors classify it as aggravated murder against a victim identified by the initials D. V. The same case also covers a charge of grievous bodily harm against V. M.

From the Belgrade prosecutor’s statement:

The Belgrade Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office has ceded to the Prosecution for Organized Crime, for jurisdiction and further proceedings, the case file against the defendants for committing the criminal offense of aggravated murder against D.V. and the criminal offense of grievous bodily harm against V.M.

The statement also names defendants accused of helping the perpetrators flee.

Why is the case changing prosecutors?

Because alongside the murder came a charge of criminal association to commit an offense. Jurisdiction over an organized criminal group belongs exclusively to the Special Department of the Belgrade Higher Court. Proceedings before that department are handled by the Prosecution for Organized Crime, so the case had to move to its docket.

The change is not a bureaucratic footnote. The case gets a different prosecutor, a different court department and a broader legal classification than the one the investigation opened with.

Who are the defendants and what are they accused of

Prosecutors identify them by the initials N. K., D. Dz., M. T. E. and D. V.

• N. K. is charged with aggravated murder, in concurrence with illegal production, possession, carrying and trafficking of weapons and explosive materials, and with grievous bodily harm
• D. Dz. is charged with aiding an aggravated murder
• M. T. E. and D. V. are each charged with one count of assisting an offender after the commission of a criminal act

N. K. and D. Dz. are on the run. Detention has been ordered for both and an international arrest warrant has been issued for each. M. T. E. and D. V. are in custody.

The initials D. V. appear twice in this case, attached to two different people: the victim and one of the defendants. The prosecutor’s statement does not distinguish between them any further.

Timeline of the case

The whole case runs on three dates.

• June 22, 2026: the crime in the Kumodraz neighborhood, aggravated murder and grievous bodily harm
• June 25, 2026: order to open an investigation against N. K. and D. Dz., and the start of evidentiary proceedings against M. T. E. and D. V.
• August 13, 2026: the case file ceded to the Prosecution for Organized Crime

Just under seven weeks passed between the investigation order and the transfer of the case.

The Montenegro side of the case

The case also has a cross-border element. In Montenegro, three suspects have been prosecuted as an organized criminal group. They are accused of helping N. K. and D. Dz. cross the border between Serbia and Montenegro illegally, and of helping the two defendants hide on Montenegrin territory.

All defendants are presumed innocent until a final court decision.