Court guards confront jewelry robber

NOVI SAD Three court security officers in Novi Sad on Monday intervened and prevented a robbery of a nearby jewelry store, said reports. According to the media, "a girl ran into the Misdemeanor Court crying, and told guard Slavoljub Miladinovic that a man armed with a knife was holding up the store." Court guards confront jewelry robber Miladinovic and two of his colleagues from the nearby Basic and Higher Misdemeanor courts - Dragan Stanojev and Milutin Stanisic - then rushed to help the shop assistant. Miladinovic said that they found the robber "assaulting the jewelry store's worker," and that he grabbed his hand in order to disarm him, but that the man "turned around swiftly and swung the knife" in his direction. The robber then tried to assault the other two guards as he was trying to escape. A police patrol placed the suspect under arrest shortly after the incident. A spokesman for the Higher Misdemeanor Court, Aleksandar Ilic, confirmed that the security officers had intervened, and added that they should be commended "for showing heroism, risking their own lives in order to protect the citizens' lives and property." A view of Novi Sad (Beta, file) Tanjug

Court guards confront jewelry robber

Miladinović and two of his colleagues from the nearby Basic and Higher Misdemeanor courts - Dragan Stanojev and Milutin Stanišić - then rushed to help the shop assistant.

Miladinović said that they found the robber "assaulting the jewelry store's worker," and that he grabbed his hand in order to disarm him, but that the man "turned around swiftly and swung the knife" in his direction.

The robber then tried to assault the other two guards as he was trying to escape. A police patrol placed the suspect under arrest shortly after the incident.

A spokesman for the Higher Misdemeanor Court, Aleksandar Ilić, confirmed that the security officers had intervened, and added that they should be commended "for showing heroism, risking their own lives in order to protect the citizens' lives and property."