Sound-cannon case: LRAD dispute moves to the 'simulation' theory
On June 25, the dispute now has several layers: Dacic says LRAD devices exist but were not used in Serbia; former VBA director Momir Stojanovic sees the searches and forensic checks of Aleksandar Radic's equipment as misuse of military structures; lawyer Jugoslav Tintor told N1 that 'simulation' without force or threat is not terrorism; Danas cites doctors and medical-law experts who say examining citizens who reported symptoms after March 15 was a legal duty.
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Dacic: Claims that I admitted use of a sound cannon are a brutal misuse
Danas carries Interior Minister Ivica Dacic's written statement from late June 24: he says Aleksandar Radic brutally misused his argument with the British foreign minister about Western double standards and LRAD devices. Dacic says LRAD is made in the United States and used by police and security bodies in more than 100 countries, but becomes controversial only when Serbia has such devices. According to him, LRAD has two modes: a powerful megaphone that may legally be used for long-range warnings and for which a warning was prepared from a vehicle in front of parliament, and sound effects for dispersing demonstrators faster; he insists the devices in Serbia were never used in either mode and says U.S. LRAD manufacturers confirmed that.
Former VBA director: Three reasons the authorities are launching the sound-cannon procedure
021 republishes Danas's interview with retired general Momir Stojanovic, a former VBA director and head of the Military Security Service. He says current police summonses, apartment searches, and seizure of equipment from public figures and citizens over the 'sound cannon' show the regime's readiness to defend power at any cost. Stojanovic argues that the involvement of Military Police and VBA in the pre-investigation over the search and forensic examination of military analyst Aleksandar Radic's computers and phones is a gross breach of the VBA law and misuse of institutions, because 'sound cannon' use has nothing to do with the army or military sites. He gives three motives: trying to prove the authorities had nothing to do with March 15, preventing future authorities from reopening the event, and discrediting the student movement as ready for radical and unlawful acts.
Tintor: Even if sound-cannon use was simulated, students could not thereby attack the constitutional order
N1 reports lawyer Jugoslav Tintor's assessment after reports about a pre-investigation into a theory of 'simulated use of a sound cannon'. Tintor says simulation alone, without force or threat, cannot constitute terrorism, armed rebellion, or an attack on the constitutional order. In his view, criminal law cannot rest on a chain of 'five ifs', and if that theory were followed it would have to include at least several hundred people, which would not survive in court. He argues the pre-investigation looks like an end in itself rather than a route to a sustainable criminal case.
VJT announces proceedings against doctors over the 'sound cannon': what does the profession say?
Danas writes that Miodrag Markovic, deputy chief public prosecutor at VJT Belgrade, announced that the case over alleged 'sound cannon' use at the March 15, 2025 student-civic protest would procedurally cover four groups of people - from organizers and implementers to those who provided media support and took part in organizing medical examinations of citizens. Medical-law expert Hajrija Mujovic says a doctor who receives and treats a patient is acting lawfully and under obligation, while refusing an examination would be discrimination. Doctors' union representative Vladan Markovic says it is unclear who exactly falls into the fourth group, while doctors Zoran Radovanovic and Dejan Zujovic describe the attempt to prosecute doctors for examining citizens as absurd and intimidating.
Dacic: Using my argument with the British minister as a sound-cannon admission is brutal misuse
Kurir carries the same Dacic position in a pro-government frame: the minister condemns what he calls misuse of his words about LRAD and Western double standards. The outlet emphasizes that Dacic rejects any link between his statements and an admission of device use, calling it another lie.
Brnabic: Bozovic only wants to misuse the sound-cannon invention against Serbia
Novosti carries parliamentary speaker Ana Brnabic's reaction to Balsa Bozovic's statements. Brnabic says the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe resolution mentioning the 'sound cannon' received 89 votes out of 306, and calls the claim of device use an invention that Bozovic and the 'blockers' are using against Serbia. This records the official pro-government line: the 'sound cannon' dispute is framed not as a matter for independent scrutiny but as a foreign-policy and opposition campaign.