Student, 16, Attacked Outside Pancevo Mechanical School
A 16-year-old student suffered minor injuries on October 30. Prosecutors and police are looking for two or three people, and an arrest was made near the same school in 2022.
The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Pancevo said on October 31 that it is taking urgent measures after an attack on a student outside the “Pancevo” Mechanical School. No suspects have been found so far.
According to the statement, the incident happened on October 30 at about 5 p.m. on Brace Jovanovica Street. Two or three unidentified people reportedly struck the school’s 16-year-old student several times. The minor suffered minor injuries.
What are the prosecutors and police doing?
The prosecutors say they are working with the Pancevo Police Department to identify and locate the suspects and to gather evidence. The statement does not give a motive, the names of the student or the attackers, or say whether anyone has already been questioned. The school has not published a statement.
This is not the first incident near the school
The street outside the Mechanical School has appeared in the crime news before. On April 12, 2022, at about 2 p.m., a 16-year-old minor was attacked near the school. The Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Pancevo and police then arrested N. J. (18) on reasonable suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. After receiving help at the Pancevo General Hospital, the victim was sent to the Emergency Center in Belgrade, and the suspect was ordered held for up to 48 hours.
In September 2024, prosecutors in Pancevo ordered police to look into a fight among four underage girls, students of the “23. maj” Technical School and the Mechanical School, whose video ended up on TikTok.
The prosecutors’ statement does not mention these cases or link them to the October 30 attack. They are cited as earlier events in the same school area.
