Vuk M. (40) charged with attempted murder in Obrenovac

The Belgrade Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office indicted Vuk M. (40) on August 28, 2026, on reasonable suspicion that he attempted to kill his former common-law partner. According to the indictment, the offense took place on October 21, 2025, in the municipality of Obrenovac. The victim is a woman with whom the suspect has a child and whom, prosecutors say, he had previously abused.

In a statement published on its website, beograd.vjt.rs, the prosecution described the offense as follows:

“The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade has indicted Vuk M. (40) on reasonable suspicion that on October 21, 2025, in the Obrenovac municipality, he attempted to kill his former common-law partner, whom he had previously abused and with whom he has a child.”

The indictment has been submitted to the Belgrade High Court, which will decide whether to confirm it. The prosecution also specified the legal classification of the offense.

“Under the indictment, which was submitted to the Belgrade High Court for a ruling on confirmation, the defendant is charged with the criminal offense of attempted aggravated murder.”

That offense carries a sentence of ten years to life imprisonment. The prosecution’s statement also noted the suspect’s current whereabouts:

“Vuk M. is currently serving a prison sentence for another criminal offense.”

What media reports say happened in Obrenovac

The indictment itself does not describe how the events unfolded, but Telegraf and Espreso, citing sources close to the case, report that the suspect broke down the door of the house where the victim was sleeping that morning at around 4:40 a.m. According to their reporting, he demanded she get back together with him, and when she refused, he pulled out a knife and injured her in the neck. The victim, 29, managed to escape by jumping over a fence into a neighbor’s yard and was later treated at the Emergency Center for lacerations to her neck. Both outlets report that the attack took place in front of the couple’s child.

Telegraf reports that police found a bloodied knife, suspected to be the weapon used in the attack, along with the suspect’s watch, in the bathroom of the house. According to the same reporting, the attacker fled through a window and was found later that day in a rented apartment in Obrenovac, sitting in the living room drinking coffee.

Escape from court and an earlier manhunt

We previously reported on Vuk M. in connection with his arrest in Obrenovac and the manhunt that had been launched for him. According to that earlier reporting, the suspect escaped from the Basic Court in Obrenovac in September 2025, where he had been brought from custody to stand trial for endangering safety, after faking a fainting spell and a fall down a staircase. At the time, a manhunt for him was launched by the Basic Court in Obrenovac, the High Court in Sremska Mitrovica, and the Belgrade Police Department.

The new indictment is the next step in that same case. More details on how the proceedings unfold, including the Belgrade High Court’s decision on whether to confirm the indictment, will follow once the prosecution or the court issue a new statement.