Sapic Pistols: Prosecutors Deny, Kreni-Promeni Posts Note

The Third Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade said on October 13 that Mayor Aleksandar Sapic was not carrying two pistols on September 28, when his incident with councilwoman Tatjana Micic took place. According to the prosecutors, he handed over the weapons only later, at his home address. The Kreni-Promeni movement published a photo the same day of a document it says is an official police note, and demands to know what happened to the receipt for the seized weapons.

What the prosecutors say

The statement came in response to a claim by Kreni-Promeni president Savo Manojlovic that Sapic had two pistols on him when the clash with Micic broke out at Bezanijska Kosa. The prosecutors say the New Belgrade Police Station told them, after the events of September 28, that Sapic had no weapon during the incident.

According to the police notification the prosecutors relay, the mayor, after being released from the station, voluntarily handed over two firearms under police escort:

“According to the police notification, Aleksandar Sapic, after being released from the premises of the New Belgrade Police Station, voluntarily handed over, under police escort, two firearms that were at the address of his residence, that were in his legal ownership, and for which he held the appropriate weapons permits.”

The prosecutors add that he was issued a receipt for temporarily seized items and that the weapons were seized until the proceedings end. They call the claim that the receipt was removed from the case file incorrect and unfounded, because, they say, it was never part of the prosecutors’ file:

“Namely, the Prosecutor’s Office did not even request that the New Belgrade Police Station submit the said receipt, bearing in mind that the temporarily seized weapons, according to the circumstances established so far, were neither the object nor the means of committing the criminal offense that is the subject of this office’s proceedings.”

What Kreni-Promeni claims

The movement posted on Instagram a photo of a document it describes as an official note of the New Belgrade Police Station dated September 29, 2026, number 533517/26. By their description, the note first mentions Sapic’s breathalyzer test at the station, then the decision to seize two pistols, and then that Sapic, still at the station, complained of nausea and trembling.

The movement also says the prosecutors’ file is missing the last page of the note, with the police officer’s signature, and the weapons seizure receipt number 51872/2026. In a social media post, they said:

“Prosecutor Mirko Despotovic must answer who removed the said receipt from the prosecutors’ file”

At a press conference in the Belgrade City Assembly, Manojlovic announced the documents and named the pistols in question:

“As for the evidence regarding Aleksandar Sapic’s two pistols, we will present documents that show it unambiguously.”

He added that the pistols are a Glock model 27 and a Crvena Zastava model M99. He had earlier claimed that even with a permit, Sapic cannot lawfully carry two weapons at once.

The two accounts differ on one specific detail. The prosecutors say the weapons were handed over at his home after he left the station, while the movement’s description has the note mentioning the seizure decision while Sapic was still at the station. The document itself is not available in full, and only part of it has been published.

The ruling majority responds

The head of the SNS councilor group in the City Assembly, Aleksandar Mirkovic, said at a press conference that the claim about two pistols is untrue.

“A brutal lie, a fabrication par excellence”

Mirkovic added that Sapic cooperated with the police, that he stayed at the station until six in the morning, and that the alcohol and psychoactive substance tests were negative. Asked about possible lawsuits, he said:

“I am not getting into what Aleksandar Sapic will or will not file.”

Responding to the claim about the six-hour detention, Manojlovic said it confirms the movement’s position, since police can hold a person for four hours at most, after which detention of up to 48 hours has to be ordered. The movement, he said, never claimed Sapic spent 15 minutes at the station. A uniformed policewoman said so publicly.

What is known about the proceedings

Lawyers from the office of Edvin S. Prelic contacted the N1 newsroom on October 12, claiming that Sapic is not being charged. In their words, a pre-investigation procedure is under way on the Kreni-Promeni criminal complaint, over grounds for suspicion that he committed the offenses of grievous bodily harm and violent behavior, which is the lowest degree of suspicion in criminal procedure. The prosecutors will decide whether Sapic is prosecuted.

According to Kreni-Promeni, Micic suffered a fractured left nasal bone. Sapic denies hitting her and says he only pushed her away when her husband moved toward him.

The City Assembly session that was to debate the proposal to dismiss Sapic was not held today for lack of a quorum. Mirkovic said ten councilors of the ruling majority were present, along with 36 of the 46 opposition councilors. The session is set to resume on November 23.