Prosecutors issue statement: Here's who was arrested and who was killed

According to Blic, the statement said that, acting on the orders of the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime, members of the Criminal Police Directorate (UKP) and the Organized Crime Combat Service (SBPOK) arrested seven members of an organized criminal group suspected of organizing and carrying out the murders of Milan Stoković in the Požarevac area and Živko Bakić in Belgrade.

Those arrested were R.Dj., M.I., A.S., A.S., P.M. and S.D. from Belgrade, as well as N.Ž. from Požarevac.

According to the statement, Milan Stoković was abducted on this day last year, while Živko Bakić was murdered in January 2026.

In addition to SBPOK officers, the operation involved members of the Crime Suppression Service, the Surveillance Department, the Special Operations Department and the Criminal Intelligence Analysis Department, the Technical Directorate, the Belgrade City Police Department, the police departments in Požarevac and Novi Sad, the Gendarmerie, the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (SAJ) and the Security Intelligence Agency (BIA).

Investigation into five more people

The criminal complaint also names A.N., who is already in custody in Belgrade; M.S., who is imprisoned in North Macedonia; A.B., who is being held in custody in Greece; D.T., who is in custody in Belgium; and S.P., who is at large.

The suspects are charged with criminal offenses including conspiracy to commit criminal offenses under Article 346, aggravated murder under Article 114, kidnapping under Article 134, the unauthorized manufacture, possession, carrying and trafficking of weapons and explosive materials under Article 348, and the unauthorized production and distribution of narcotic drugs under Article 246 of the Criminal Code.

Once their police detention expires, all those arrested will be brought before the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime, together with the criminal complaint, for questioning.