Vozdovac: Man Kills Acquaintance, Then Calls Police
A 29-year-old man was found dead this morning in a house on Milana Toplice Street in Vozdovac. The suspect, a 43-year-old acquaintance, waited for police and confessed to the killing.
A man’s body was found this morning around 5:30 a.m. in a pool of blood in a house on Milana Toplice Street in Belgrade’s Vozdovac municipality. An acquaintance of the victim was arrested on suspicion of murder after, according to information gathered so far, calling police himself, waiting for them to arrive, and confessing to the killing on the spot.
Kurir and Mondo identify the victim by the initials R. M., 29, while Telegraf lists the same initials in reverse order, as M. R., 29. All three outlets identify the suspect as N. R., 43. According to the information available so far, the two men had known each other for roughly ten years.
According to Kurir and Mondo, the victim came to his acquaintance’s house that morning, where the two of them drank brandy together. At some point an argument broke out and turned into a physical fight. A source close to the investigation described the conversation that preceded the killing to Kurir.
“The murdered R.M. and the suspect were together at the house, drinking brandy, and they got into an argument. As far as we know, they’ve known each other for about ten years. They likely argued, started fighting, and then he stabbed him with a knife, though we still don’t know how many times,” the source close to the investigation said.
The number of stab wounds has not yet been officially confirmed by either police or the prosecution.
That is also where the accounts diverge. Kurir and Mondo report that only the suspect was holding a knife, and that he stabbed the victim after the two men argued and grappled with each other. Telegraf, however, offers a different version of events, saying both men drew sharp objects and stabbed each other, with the suspect inflicting the fatal wounds while the victim died at the scene from heavy blood loss. Which version is accurate has not been officially confirmed, and an autopsy is expected to establish that.
All three sources agree that after the confrontation, the suspect called police himself. He waited for officers to arrive and fully confessed during questioning. According to Telegraf, he said he stabbed the acquaintance after an argument, while under the influence of alcohol, having spent the evening drinking brandy together.
According to Mondo, a large police contingent responded to the scene, carrying out an on-site investigation and collecting evidence to establish the full circumstances of the incident. The relevant prosecutor’s office was notified immediately and ordered an autopsy, which is expected to determine the exact cause and time of death, and by extension which version of the confrontation matches the findings on the body.
Within the legal deadline, the suspect will be brought before the competent prosecutor, who will decide on the next steps in the proceedings and any request for pretrial detention. Until then he remains a murder suspect, and his guilt has not been established.
The case is currently in the pre-investigation phase, during which the prosecution and police gather evidence before any potential indictment. If the prosecution requests pretrial detention, a court will rule on it at this stage of the proceedings, and detention under such a request can last up to 30 days. The autopsy findings, together with forensic analysis of evidence from the scene, should also show whether, as Telegraf claims, the victim was wounded by a sharp object as well, or whether, as Kurir and Mondo report, he was the only one injured.
The newsroom will update the details of the case as they come in from the prosecution and police, including the autopsy findings and any decision on detention for N. R.
