43-year-old man arrested for making death threats against Vucic, senior state officials via Facebook

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D.R., a 43-year-old from Pocerski Pricinovic, has been arrested in Sabac for making death threats against Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and other senior government officials.

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On his Facebook profile, he commented on the introduction of a state of emergency due to the coronavirus epidemic and wrote that a Romanian scenario should happen in Serbia instead of the Italian one.

He also recommended that the people should "overthrow the dictatorship" while "the Army should shoot the president."

The police seized a cellphone during the arrest, which D.R. used to log into his Facebook account.

D.R. is suspected of a serious criminal offense - endangering security for which he could be imprisoned for up to five years.

He has been been questioned at the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office, and a pre-trial judge will decide whether to detain him.

(D.G.)