Vehid Muric indicted for triple murder in Podgorica
Podgorica's Higher State Prosecutor's Office has indicted Vehid Muric over the April 20 triple murder. Media reports say one victim was a Serbian citizen from Novi Pazar.
Among the three men whose killing the Higher State Prosecutor’s Office in Podgorica has charged to Vehid Muric is, according to Telegraf, a 56-year-old Serbian citizen from Novi Pazar. The indictment was filed on October 14, 2026 with the Higher Court in Podgorica and charges aggravated murder. Almost six months passed between the crime and the indictment.
What does the indictment say?
According to the prosecutor’s statement, the killing took place on April 20, 2026, at around 8 p.m., in a house on Z. J. Street in Podgorica. The defendant, whom the statement identifies by the initials V. M., came to a house where he had previously stayed from time to time with the victims, and inflicted multiple stab and slash wounds on various parts of their bodies with a kitchen knife. The prosecution says all three died of those injuries. The statement refers to the victims only by the initials N. H., D. H. and K. M.
The prosecution accuses Muric of having, in the words of the statement, deprived three people of life “in a cruel manner, with intent”. It ties that classification to the suffering of the victims before death:
“The defendant is charged with committing the offense in a cruel manner, whereby the victims suffered severe physical pain and mental anguish while the injuries were inflicted, until death occurred. The indictment has been submitted to the Higher Court in Podgorica for confirmation.”
With those words the Higher State Prosecutor’s Office in Podgorica closes its statement. The decision on confirming the indictment now rests with the Higher Court, and none of the sources we reviewed says when it is expected. Until a final verdict, Muric is only accused, and his guilt has not been established.
What have the media reported about the victims and the scene?
The full names and ages of the victims come from the media, not from the prosecutor’s statement. Telegraf reports that one of the dead is K. M. (56), a Serbian citizen from Novi Pazar, and that the other two victims are brothers from Rozaje who, according to reports the portal cites, worked with him on construction jobs. Dan names all three men in its article.
The same goes for the location. The statement mentions a house on Z. J. Street in Podgorica and names no neighborhood. Dan and Telegraf place the case in Stari Aerodrom in their headlines and text, and Telegraf adds that the body of the Serbian citizen was found in a rented apartment in that neighborhood, where, according to media reports, he lived with the other two. That the victims were tenants is therefore a media claim and not part of the indictment, which says only that Muric had previously stayed in the house with them from time to time.
Telegraf also reports that the defendant is from Rozaje, the same town the two other victims come from, and that the motive, according to the authorities, has not been officially established. The prosecutor’s statement does not address a motive.
