Zemun Kidnapping: Fourth Suspect Arrested, a Minor
Police arrested a minor suspected of taking part in the kidnapping of a man in Zemun in mid-August 2026, bringing the group of suspects to four.
Serbia’s Interior Ministry announced the arrest of a minor suspected of taking part in the kidnapping of a man in Zemun in mid-August 2026. The arrest came on September 2, bringing the number of suspects in the case to four.
Officers from the Criminal Police Directorate’s Service for Combating Organized Crime said the minor is suspected of having carried out the crime together with three people arrested earlier, identified in the statement only by their initials: G. B., M. V. and F. N.
“Took part in the kidnapping of the victim, who was in the process inflicted serious bodily injuries endangering his life,” the Interior Ministry said in its statement.
Along with a criminal complaint, the minor will be brought before the Juvenile Department of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade.
Timeline: from the kidnapping to the fourth arrest
Following the mid-August kidnapping in Zemun, the Interior Ministry had already arrested three people, identified in its statement by the initials G. B., M. V. and F. N. The ministry did not specify the exact date of their arrest, nor the exact date of the kidnapping or the precise location in Zemun where it took place.
News agency Tanjug carried the statement on the minor’s arrest at 4:49 p.m. on September 2, noting it marked a continuation of efforts to solve the case.
Where the accounts diverge
The Interior Ministry’s own statement says only that the victim suffered serious, life-threatening bodily injuries, without further detail on the circumstances of the attack. The Pink news portal reported that the group “brutally beat” the victim, a description that goes beyond what the ministry officially stated. The Sjever Crne Gore portal, citing unofficial sources, reported that the man was abducted in a park and that his captors demanded 2,000 euros from him, a detail that appears in none of the Interior Ministry’s statements.
Until a final verdict, all the suspects, including the minor, are presumed innocent. There is no information yet on the outcome of proceedings before the Juvenile Department of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade.
