Gendarmerie officer receiving treatment 10 months on

10 months after being attacked at a football match, Gendarmerie officer Nebojsa Trajkovic is still undergoing medical treatment. Trajkovic sustained severe injuries at the Red Star-Hajduk match, when Red Star supporter Uros Misic tried to ram a blazing firecracker down his mouth. Gendarmerie officer receiving treatment 10 months on The court sentenced Misic to 10 years in prison, something which has brought the issue of stadium violence to the fore once again. As for Trajkovic, he is still recovering from the severe, life threatening injuries he suffered. Red Star supporters, enraged by the sentence handed to Misic, have covered buildings throughout the capital with graffiti reading “Justice for Uros.” At a recent match, Red Star football players came out wearing T-Shirts bearing the same message, thus incurring financial penalties from the Serbian FA. Ten months after the assault, Trajkovic is still receiving treatment at Belgrade’s Military Medical Academy. Besides burns to the left side of his face and neck, and a damaged center of balance, Trajkovic also suffered serious psychological trauma. “This is my fourth time here in hospital. First I was at the psychiatry ward for 16 days, then for four months, and here I am once again. I’ve been here since September 17 because my condition worsened. I suffer from severe headaches, sweating, and my condition is generally bad,” Trajkovic said. Twenty-year old Misic was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the assault on Trajkovic. The severity of the sentence, the longest of its kind in Serbia for stadium hooliganism, has sparked an angry reaction in certain quarters. Red Star supporters, furious with the verdict, threatened the members of the trial chamber during the trial itself, calling the judges “bums.” The Red Star players expressed their support too, running out prior to the match against Jagodina FC wearing the aforesaid T-Shirts. “I didn’t provoke them in any way. Only they know why they decided to ruin me, my life, and devastate my entire family,” Trajkovic says. Senior police official Zeljko Nikac and Serbian FA Vice President Zoran Bingulac told TV B92 that they had no comment on Misic’s sentence. Nikac said that if he were in Trajkovic’s shoes, he would most probably have fired at the attackers. “If I had found myself in such a situation, being surrounded, without a chance to escape, I might have fired my gun. All the conditions for the use of firearms had been met, according to the Police Code, because, above all, his life was in danger,” Nikac explained. Because of his injuries and the length of his treatment, Trajkovic says that he will not be able to return to work, and that once his health improves, he will file a civil suit against Misic and those responsible for security at the match.

Gendarmerie officer receiving treatment 10 months on

The court sentenced Mišić to 10 years in prison, something which has brought the issue of stadium violence to the fore once again.

As for Trajković, he is still recovering from the severe, life threatening injuries he suffered.

Red Star supporters, enraged by the sentence handed to Mišić, have covered buildings throughout the capital with graffiti reading “Justice for Uroš.”

At a recent match, Red Star football players came out wearing T-Shirts bearing the same message, thus incurring financial penalties from the Serbian FA.

Ten months after the assault, Trajković is still receiving treatment at Belgrade’s Military Medical Academy.

Besides burns to the left side of his face and neck, and a damaged center of balance, Trajković also suffered serious psychological trauma.

“This is my fourth time here in hospital. First I was at the psychiatry ward for 16 days, then for four months, and here I am once again. I’ve been here since September 17 because my condition worsened. I suffer from severe headaches, sweating, and my condition is generally bad,” Trajković said.

Twenty-year old Mišić was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the assault on Trajković.

The severity of the sentence, the longest of its kind in Serbia for stadium hooliganism, has sparked an angry reaction in certain quarters.

Red Star supporters, furious with the verdict, threatened the members of the trial chamber during the trial itself, calling the judges “bums.”

The Red Star players expressed their support too, running out prior to the match against Jagodina FC wearing the aforesaid T-Shirts.

“I didn’t provoke them in any way. Only they know why they decided to ruin me, my life, and devastate my entire family,” Trajković says.

Senior police official Željko Nikač and Serbian FA Vice President Zoran Bingulac told TV B92 that they had no comment on Mišić’s sentence.

Nikač said that if he were in Trajković’s shoes, he would most probably have fired at the attackers.

“If I had found myself in such a situation, being surrounded, without a chance to escape, I might have fired my gun. All the conditions for the use of firearms had been met, according to the Police Code, because, above all, his life was in danger,” Nikač explained.

Because of his injuries and the length of his treatment, Trajković says that he will not be able to return to work, and that once his health improves, he will file a civil suit against Mišić and those responsible for security at the match.