Valjevo: Woman Arrested Over Prosecutor Vujicic's Car Arson
Police arrested M. I. (42) from Kraljevo, suspected of organizing the transport and of being at the scene when prosecutor Vukasin Vujicic's car was set on fire.
The Valjevo Police Department, working with the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Ub, arrested M. I. (42) from Kraljevo on September 5 on suspicion of causing general danger. It is the second arrest in the case of the burned car belonging to Vukasin Vujicic, the Basic Public Prosecutor in Valjevo.
According to the Serbian Interior Ministry, M. I. was in the immediate vicinity of the scene while the offense was being carried out and had organized transport from Belgrade to Valjevo for the previously arrested suspect, P. I.
“M. I. is suspected of having been in the immediate vicinity of the scene while this criminal offense was committed, and of having organized transport from Belgrade to Valjevo for the suspect P. I.,” the statement from the Serbian Ministry of Interior said.
Following her arrest, the suspect was brought before the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Ub, which now has jurisdiction over the case.
What happened on August 16
The car was set on fire during the night between August 15 and 16, at 12:55 a.m., in Valjevo. The vehicle, a privately owned Seat Ibiza belonging to Vukasin Vujicic, prosecutor at the Valjevo Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office, was first doused with a flammable liquid and then set alight. The rear of the car burned; no one was injured.
The first suspect in the case, P. I. (20), was arrested on August 27 on suspicion of dousing and torching the vehicle after midnight on August 16, then fleeing the scene. He faces the same charge as M. I., causing general danger, and was ordered held for up to 48 hours after his arrest. P. I. had escaped from the Correctional Facility for Minors in Krusevac in June 2026 and was being sought until he was caught.
After the first arrest, prosecutor Vujicic spoke about the state of the investigation.
“There have been significant developments in the investigation,” said Vukasin Vujicic, prosecutor at the Valjevo Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office.
He also raised the possibility that the arson was linked to cases he is working on. Vujicic was the only one of nine prosecutors at the Valjevo Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office who signed a statement objecting to the president’s remarks that prosecutors who fail to protect public order would be dismissed.
With M. I.’s arrest, the case has grown from a single act of arson into an investigation involving several people, with the question now open of who arranged for the perpetrator to reach Valjevo. The investigation is ongoing.
