Urovci near Obrenovac: Man Runs Over Grandfather in Audi
A family conflict in Urovci near Obrenovac turned into a brawl with clubs, and one attacker ran over an elderly man with a car. Five were treated, all arrested.
In the village of Urovci near Obrenovac, on the night between September 8 and 9, after 9 p.m., a family conflict escalated into a mass brawl fought with clubs. Five people were treated at the Emergency Center in Belgrade, and an older man suffered life-threatening injuries after one of the attackers ran him over with a car. All participants in the clash were arrested at the scene.
The conflict began when a man named Misel showed up outside his ex-wife’s house. He did not come alone: he brought his father, a relative and a friend, arriving as a group of at least four people. The woman had left their shared home the day before, citing physical violence. According to the available information, Misel tried to talk her into returning, or rather to force her to, once he got to the house. There was no conversation, though. Instead, the men who showed up were armed with clubs and other objects they found lying around the yard, and they used them to beat the people living there.
The ex-wife’s grandfather came off worst in the melee. He took a heavy blow to the head and fell in the yard. While he lay motionless on the ground, one of the men got behind the wheel of a gray Audi A6 and drove it over his body. The older man suffered life-threatening injuries and was rushed to a medical facility, where doctors are fighting to save his life.
In total, five people were treated at the Emergency Center in Belgrade following the brawl. The material available to us does not specify whether all of them were members of the attacked household, or whether some of the attackers were also among the injured.
Police responded quickly once the conflict was reported. According to both of our sources, patrols reached the scene fast, and the chief and commander of the Obrenovac Police Station were personally on site. All participants in the attack were arrested on the spot and taken to that station.
Criminal processing and questioning of the suspects is underway at the Obrenovac Police Station. Police are aligning the legal classification of the case with the competent prosecution, after which a decision will be made on further proceedings against each participant. The role of each individual attacker, including the driver of the Audi, is still being established in the preliminary investigation, and it has not yet been announced whether criminal charges have been filed against any of them.
Residents of Urovci, according to our sources, were left shaken and unsettled by what happened outside their neighbors’ house. Some residents, per the same sources, also noted that the police’s fast response kept the consequences for the injured man from being even worse. srpske.rs had not previously reported on this case.
For now, the case is being treated as attempted murder, given that the injuries to the ex-wife’s grandfather are, according to initial information, life-threatening. The final legal classification will depend on the findings of forensic experts and on how the injured man’s treatment at the Emergency Center progresses, while the competent prosecution has yet to decide whether it will seek detention for any of the suspects.
Neither Misel, nor the driver of the Audi, nor the other two participants have so far been publicly identified by full name. Until a final verdict, all of them remain suspects, and the burden of proof lies with the prosecution. srpske.rs will update this article as soon as police or prosecutors disclose the identities and the legal classification of the offense for each participant in the Urovci clash.
