I-03 · “AI / no fire” statements

Mayor to Niš TV: “a personal, lay assessment”

Verified 7 Oct 2026, 21:10 · Niš TV

Quote (original Serbian)

„Najvažnije je da niko nije stradao, a čini mi se da nema nikakve materijalne štete“

Translation

“The most important thing is that no one was hurt, and it seems to me there is no material damage at all”

What is shown

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”.

Exhibit	I-03 · “AI / no fire” statements
Published	7 Oct 2026, 21:10 (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	Niš TV Niš TV
Speaker	Dragoslav Pavlović — Mayor of Niš
Type	article
URL	https://nistv.rs/pavlovic-na-niskoj-tvrdjavi-nije-napravljena-steta-konacnu-ocenu-dace-zavod/
Accessed	9 Oct 2026

How it was verified

Metadata: 2026-10-07T21:10:23+02:00. Quote verified verbatim.

Suggested citation

Exhibit I-03, Zbor Palilula Niš, „Mayor to Niš TV: “a personal, lay assessment”“, https://zborpalilulanis.com/ai-zapaljena-tvrdjava/en/item.php?id=I-03; original: https://nistv.rs/pavlovic-na-niskoj-tvrdjavi-nije-napravljena-steta-konacnu-ocenu-dace-zavod/; accessed 9 Oct 2026.

Related exhibits

I-02 Web article Verified

Mayor: “The truth is there is no damage” — filmed next to the burned rampart

Published: 7 Oct 2026, 13:46
Account: Južne vesti (snimak Story-ja)
Type: article
Speaker: Dragoslav Pavlović, Mayor of Niš, member of the SNS Presidency

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.

„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.”