Serbian Prosecutors will hear all citizens who have reported problems arising from the March 15 protest

The first Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade, as part of an investigation on whether pyrotechnics or other general dangerous weapons were used on March 15, will hear statements by citizens who have submitted their information to NGOs by April 3, which attended the event, MIA correspondent reported.

In a statement to the newspaper Politika, they point out that the Ombudsman requested all the available data on the event, ie the information collected for the persons who sustained injuries.

At a March 15 protest in Belgrade, two minutes before the end of the fifteen -minute silence for the victims of Novi Sad, an unusual sound was heard, causing panic among the crowds.

The first Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade subsequently announced that during the disputed event of the protest, no sound was used on the basis of information obtained from the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Health and the Agency for Security and Information (BIA).

The claim that the European Commission (EC) reacted during the March 15 protest, which urged Serbia authorities to investigate whether or similar weapons were used during the protest.

In addition to the EC, the event also drew attention to the European Court of Human Rights, which on March 24 asked Serbia to declare whether illegal funds were used against protesters at a protest in Belgrade on March 15 and the legal basis for the alleged use of such weapons.

The same court then informed CSOs that on March 31, he received Serbia’s response to allegations of possible use of sound weapons, the Belgrade Center for Human Rights reported.