Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic commented on the information about the preparation of the assassination attempt on him on the Pink TV channel.
According to the politician, he is not sure what was the purpose of the assassination attempt, which was prepared by the mafia in Belgrade. “I’m really not sure that I was the target of the assassination attempt. The intelligence services came to such conclusions based on data analysis, but I’m not sure. But if the criminals had sniper rifles, they still threatened some of the citizens,” Vucic said.
Earlier, the head of the criminal police department, Bogdan Pusic, said that an attempt was being made on the Serbian president. The murder was supposed to take place on January 27, when Vucic unveiled in Belgrade a monument to the founder of the Serbian medieval state, Stefan Neman. More than 850 special forces soldiers were sent to defend the president that day.
The assassination attempt may be due to the fact that last fall, Vucic declared war on organized crime. After his speech in Belgrade, there were a number of high-profile contract killings.