Leskovac: Teen Held Over Beating That Injured Man, 53
Police in Leskovac arrested an 18 year old suspected of punching a 53 year old man on August 22 after a brief argument, leaving him with severe, life-threatening injuries.
The Leskovac Police Department has arrested K. A. (18), from Leskovac, on suspicion of committing the criminal offense of severe bodily harm. Serbia’s Ministry of Interior announced the arrest on August 24, and Tanjug carried the report the same day at 11:47 a.m.
The suspect is accused of punching a 53 year old man in Leskovac on August 22, following a brief argument. According to the Ministry of Interior’s statement, the Leskovac Police Department said the man fell from the blow and suffered “severe bodily injuries that endangered his life.”
At the order of the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Leskovac, the suspect was ordered held for up to 48 hours. The Ministry of Interior said K. A. would be “held for up to 48 hours, after which he will be brought before the prosecutor along with a criminal complaint,” meaning the case moves to the prosecutor’s office for further decision once that period runs out.
Until a final verdict, K. A. remains a suspect, not a convicted man, and guilt is not established at this stage of the proceedings.
The case in Leskovac is not an isolated one in this part of Serbia. Srpske novine recently reported on a violent attack in Nis, where assailants beat a man and forced him at knifepoint to sell his car, another example of how a street argument in southern Serbia has ended in a criminal complaint for severe bodily harm.
The Ministry of Interior has so far released no further details on the injured man’s condition or on how the investigation is proceeding after the detention period expires.
