Nova Pazova: Man Arrested for Killing Acquaintance, 77
Serbia's Interior Ministry says it has solved the September 12 killing near a shopping mall in Nova Pazova. The suspect was arrested in Novi Sad, where he had fled by train.
Serbia’s Interior Ministry announced today that it has solved a serious killing committed on September 12 in Nova Pazova. The suspect is identified as Z.P., 47, and the announcement came three days after the incident.
According to the ministry, the suspect ran over a 77 year old acquaintance with a car near a shopping mall in Nova Pazova following an argument between the two. He is then suspected of taking the victim’s bag and fleeing by train toward Novi Sad.
He was arrested in Novi Sad. Per the announcement, the operation was carried out through investigative work by officers from the Sremska Mitrovica Police Directorate and the Stara Pazova Police Station. Mondo reports that the same two units took part in the arrest.
Z.P. is charged with aggravated murder. The victim’s name and initials were not disclosed in the announcement, nor was the exact date of the arrest, only that it followed the resolution of the case.
What happens next
By order of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Sremska Mitrovica, the suspect has been ordered held for up to 48 hours. Within that period he will be brought before the prosecutor’s office along with a criminal complaint, and prosecutors will decide on the further course of the proceedings, including a possible motion for pretrial detention.
Until a final verdict, and in line with the presumption of innocence, Z.P. is charged with a criminal offense and is not considered guilty.
The ministry’s announcement offers no witness accounts and does not say what led to the argument between the suspect and his acquaintance, nor what relationship the two had before September 12.
