Niš Fortress
„Istina je da nema štete na Niškoj tvrđavi, a očigledno ih je i zabolelo ovih 8.000 ljudi na ulicama grada Niša sinoć…“ · „Znam da moraju nešto da smisle, poraz boli.“
“The truth is there is no damage at Niš Fortress, and obviously these 8,000 people on the streets of Niš last night hurt them…” · “I know they have to make something up, defeat hurts.”
According to Južne vesti, “two days after the news” the mayor filmed an Instagram Story “in which he walks past the burned rampart of the Fortress” and said there was no damage. The Story has expired; Južne vesti kept a screenshot. According to Informer (M-01), the same mayor addressed the crowd at the Fortress Bridge on 5 October.
| Exhibit | I-02 · “AI / no fire” statements |
|---|---|
| Published | 7 Oct 2026, 13:46 (CEST) |
| Status | Verified Time or content confirmed directly from the platform or the page metadata. |
| Method | From the page metadata (article:published_time) |
| Platform | Web article |
| Account | Južne vesti (snimak Story-ja) Milan Zirojević |
| Speaker | Dragoslav Pavlović — Mayor of Niš, member of the SNS Presidency |
| Type | article |
| URL | https://www.juznevesti.com/politika/gradonacelnik-nisa-o-paljenju-tvrdjave-sve-je-zaboleo-skup-sns-a-pa-morali-nesto-da-smisle/ |
| Accessed | 9 Oct 2026 |
JV metadata: 2026-10-07T13:46:15+02:00. Quote verified verbatim in JV and Rešetka. Note: JV says “two days after the news”, while the statement says “last night” — the exact day the Story was filmed (6 or 7 Oct) is not established.
Niš TV notes this is his “personal, lay assessment” and that the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments will give the final assessment. He describes the opposition and “blockaders” as having “had to make something up”.
„Najvažnije je da niko nije stradao, a čini mi se da nema nikakve materijalne štete“
Rally report: the march set off at 18:00 from the National Theatre and went “to the Fortress Bridge, where Dragoslav Pavlović addressed the gathering”. It mentions fireworks but not the fire.
Kolona građana kretala se od Narodnog pozorišta kroz centralni deo grada, Voždovom ulicom ka Trgu kralja Milana, a potom do Tvrđavskog mosta, gde se okupljenima obratio Dragoslav Pavlović.
A key document on the removal of traces. Niš Basic Prosecutor’s Office: it ordered the scene to be secured immediately; because of the darkness the duty prosecutor postponed the investigation until daylight and ordered police to guard the scene so it would not be disturbed. The director of the “Mediana” utility says that, to her knowledge, they did not clean — contrary to eyewitnesses (P-01, P-02, P-06). Monuments Institute director Dušan Andrejević had no data on damage at that moment.
S obzirom na mrak, dežurni tužilac je naložio da se zastane s tim uviđajem zbog kako bi se on vršio po danu kada se lepo vidi. Da se ne bi eventualno lice mesta narušilo u međuvremenu, dežurni tužilac je naložio da policija obezbeđuje lice mesta.