Man Arrested for Raping Pensioner in Cukarica, Belgrade
A 50-year-old man robbed a 67-year-old pensioner on Pozeska Street in Banovo Brdo, dragged her under a stairwell and raped her. He was arrested a day later, Serbia's Interior Ministry said.
A Bosnian national identified as S. N. (50) has been arrested on suspicion of robbing and raping a 67-year-old woman on Pozeska Street in Banovo Brdo, Serbia’s Interior Ministry announced.
According to the ministry’s statement, the attack took place a day earlier, on Tuesday, August 25, in the municipality of Cukarica. The suspect is charged with rape and attempted robbery.
Nova.rs, which was first to report details from the scene, says the attack happened on Pozeska Street, one of the busiest streets in Banovo Brdo. According to that outlet, the attacker first snatched the woman’s wallet right outside the entrance to her building, then dragged her under a stairwell, out of sight from the street, where the rape took place.
Passersby, Nova.rs reports, found the woman under the stairwell in deep shock, with the contents of her bag scattered across the floor. An ambulance crew arrived shortly afterward and took her for a medical examination.
Who made the arrest and under whose order
The arrest was carried out a day after the attack by officers from the Department for Combating Violent Crime, Sexual Offenses, Traffic Crimes and Human Trafficking, part of the Criminal Police Directorate at the Belgrade Police Administration, working with the Forensics Directorate. They acted on the order of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade.
The suspect has been ordered held for up to 48 hours. Along with the criminal complaint, he will be brought before the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade, which will decide how the case proceeds.
Nova.rs and Kurir both published footage of the moment of the arrest. It shows the suspect sitting on the street, then lying down on the ground as officers approach him.
The Interior Ministry’s statement gives the suspect’s year of birth as 1976, consistent with the age of 50 reported by Nova.rs and Kurir. The two sources are effectively in agreement on his age, simply expressed in different terms.
