Novi Pazar Robbery: Businessman Led Into Forest
In the Jerka neighborhood near Novi Pazar, armed robbers raided the home of a businessman identified only as A.S. and injured him. Police are checking reports he was then left in the forest.
An armed robbery took place on September 5 in the Jerka neighborhood, along the main road connecting Novi Pazar and Tutin. The target was the home of a well known Novi Pazar businessman, identified only by his initials, A.S. Alo and Telegraf report that the robbery happened around 5:30 p.m. Kurir did not publish details of the case until the following morning, September 6, around 9:40 a.m., even though the attack itself had happened the previous afternoon.
According to information that is unofficial for now, the perpetrators reached the neighborhood from the direction of Lukocrijevo. They moved through the forest above the houses in Jerka so they could approach the property unnoticed. Alo reports that the attackers were masked.
Citing unofficial information, Kurir reports that the attackers entered the house, searched it, and made off with a large sum of money and other valuables. The exact amount taken has not been officially disclosed so far.
A source familiar with the case, who described the circumstances of the attack to the Rina agency, gave the following account of how the perpetrators arrived and how the homeowner was injured:
“It is suspected that the perpetrators reached the neighborhood from the direction of Lukocrijevo, moving through the forest above the houses in Jerka. A.S. was injured during the robbery, and the extent of his injuries is not yet known.”
The extent of the businessman’s injuries had not been officially disclosed as of this morning, nor is it known whether he needed medical attention outside the scene.
Was He Led Through the Forest? Investigators Are Checking
According to information that remains unconfirmed, the case did not end inside the house itself. The same source gave Rina a second part of the account, one that investigators still have to confirm:
“One version of events being checked is that the attackers took A.S. hostage and led him with them through the forest, along the same route they had used to arrive. He was reportedly left in the forest after some time, while they continued fleeing in a direction that remains unknown.”
This remains one of the versions under investigation, not a confirmed fact. Based on what is known so far, neither the number of attackers, nor their identities, nor the exact time the homeowner was found after the attack has been established.
Detailed circumstances of the incident, including the exact value of the stolen property, remain unknown. As of the morning of September 6, the Novi Pazar Police Department had not issued an official statement on the case, so all available information for now comes from unofficial sources close to the investigation.
The Jerka neighborhood sits right beside the main road linking Novi Pazar and Tutin, an area of scattered family houses beneath wooded slopes, terrain that, according to the versions reported so far, allowed the attackers to approach the property unseen. Cases in which perpetrators move through wooded terrain to reach their targets are not new for this part of the Raska District, where the lay of the land makes a quick response from security or neighbors difficult.
The sources agree on the timing, location, and general course of the attack, but differ on certain details. Alo, unlike Kurir and Telegraf, reports that the attackers were masked, while the other sources do not mention this detail. None of the available sources had published the businessman’s full name or age as of this morning, which for now is consistent with the caution required by the unconfirmed status of the entire case.
Until the case is fully clarified, the relevant authorities are expected to release additional details, including the identity and number of the perpetrators, the exact value of the stolen property, and a final account of whether the homeowner was in fact taken from the house. If and when the Novi Pazar Police Department issues an official statement, it will also resolve the discrepancies among the unofficial accounts published so far about exactly how the attack ended.
