Indictment Filed in Belgrade MMA Fighter's Murder
The Belgrade Higher Public Prosecutor's Office is charging Marko D. (25) and Vasilije G. (24) with murdering Stefan Savic in Dunavska Street. It wants one held in custody, the other tried in absentia.
An indictment in the killing of MMA fighter Stefan Savic has been filed two and a half years after he was stabbed to death in central Belgrade. The Belgrade Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office announced on August 14 that it had submitted the indictment to the Higher Court in Belgrade for a ruling on confirmation.
The defendants are Marko D. (25) and Vasilije G. (24). They are charged with aggravated murder committed as co-perpetrators on February 25, 2024, in the Stari Grad municipality, against a victim identified by the initials S.S. Vasilije G. is also charged with attempted murder against a victim identified by the initials S.M.
Prosecutors say the crime was carried out with reckless violence and out of reckless revenge.
From Dobracina to Dunavska Street
According to the indictment, it began at the entrance to a bar on Dobracina Street, in the early hours between February 24 and 25, 2024. The defendants approached the victim with insults, and he ran toward Dunavska Street, where they caught up with him.
There, one of the defendants allegedly knocked the victim to the pavement and pinned him down, hitting him in the head and upper body. The other allegedly inflicted 10 stab wounds with a knife on the right side of the victim’s torso and on his lower limbs, along with a cut to his forearm.
S.M., who was in a car that stopped nearby, got out and tried to break up the attack. He suffered three stab wounds to the left side of his body and a cut to his face, injuries that, according to the indictment, together amounted to grievous bodily harm endangering his life.
The defendants then left the scene without offering or calling for help. The victim was left lying where he had been attacked. His death was confirmed at 1:55 a.m., after resuscitation attempts at a medical facility failed.
The motive, according to prosecutors, dates back almost three years. The defendants decided on revenge after a verbal and physical altercation with the victim at Ada Ciganlija in May 2021, in which one of them had his lower jaw broken, even though all three men were involved in the fight and were injured.
What Are Prosecutors Asking the Court For?
The indictment comes with two requests. For Marko D., prosecutors are seeking extended custody, citing the risk of flight and the risk that he could reoffend in the near term.
For Vasilije G., prosecutors are seeking a trial in absentia, since he is not available to Serbian state authorities. They argue that the weight of the evidence and the circumstances of the case justify such a trial.
Two Years on the Run, Then Two Arrests
Both defendants left Serbia after the night of the killing. Vasilije G. was arrested on January 19, 2026, in Spain, under an Interpol red notice issued by Interpol Belgrade, and is now in extradition custody awaiting his handover.
Marko D. was arrested a month later, on February 16, 2026, in Grocka. He had entered Serbia from Croatia on February 10, using his brother’s Croatian identity card, and had been hiding in Belgrade until his arrest.
The victim’s family had been waiting for news of an indictment since February 2024.
I still don’t have my son, we’re still waiting… The only question is whether the trial and the verdict will send a message to others about whether something like this is allowed. Because if the sentences aren’t harsh, the message will be: people, go ahead and kill each other freely.
Those were the words of Nenad Savic, the victim’s father. His family had never hidden the fact that it expected a long process, since extradition from Spain takes months.
For now, the indictment is only a charge brought by prosecutors. Whether to confirm it is up to the Higher Court in Belgrade, and guilt is established only by a verdict.
