Smederevo: Son (43) Suspected of Killing Father (72)
Police in Smederevo, working with the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office, arrested a man suspected of beating his father to death in the family home. He is being held for up to 48 hours.
Police in Smederevo arrested a man suspected of killing his own father in the family home. The operation was carried out by officers of the Ministry of Interior, working together with the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Smederevo.
The man taken into custody is I. P., 43, held on grounds of suspicion that he committed the criminal offense of aggravated murder.
According to police, the killing happened on August 22, around 6 p.m., in a family home outside Smederevo. The suspect allegedly struck his 72 year old father several times in the head.
The arrest followed two days later. By order of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Smederevo, the suspect was ordered held for up to 48 hours.
Once that period runs out, I. P. will be brought before the competent prosecutor along with a criminal complaint. The prosecutor will then decide on the next steps in the case, including a possible motion for pretrial detention.
News of the arrest first reached the public through the portals Kurir, at 12:55 p.m., and 24sedam, about twenty minutes later. Both outlets, citing a statement from the Smederevo Police Department, reported the same details about the time and place of the killing.
The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Smederevo has not yet released further details about the circumstances of the incident in the family home.
