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P-04 · Confirmations and aftermath

Prosecutor ordered police to guard the scene overnight

Verified 6 Oct 2026, 15:42 · Mediareform

Quote (original Serbian)

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.

Translation

Given the darkness, the duty prosecutor ordered the investigation to pause so that it could be done in daylight, when one can see well. So that the scene would not be disturbed in the meantime, the duty prosecutor ordered the police to guard the scene.

What is shown

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.

ExhibitP-04 · Confirmations and aftermath
Published6 Oct 2026, 15:42 (CEST)
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Platform Web article
AccountMediareform
Magdalena Kostić
Typearticle
URLhttps://mediareform.rs/posle-bakljade-sns-a-pozar-na-bedemu-tvrdave-tuzilastvo-reagovalo-vlast-i-policija-cute-opozicija-podnosi-prijave/
Accessed9 Oct 2026

How it was verified

Metadata: 2026-10-06T13:42:30Z (15:42). Quote verified verbatim (original grammar).

Suggested citation

Exhibit P-04, Zbor Palilula Niš, „Prosecutor ordered police to guard the scene overnight“, https://zborpalilulanis.com/ai-zapaljena-tvrdjava/en/item.php?id=P-04; original: https://mediareform.rs/posle-bakljade-sns-a-pozar-na-bedemu-tvrdave-tuzilastvo-reagovalo-vlast-i-policija-cute-opozicija-podnosi-prijave/; accessed 9 Oct 2026.

Related exhibits

P-01 Web article Verified

Danas: “Mediana” cleaned before 7 a.m., before the investigation

Published
6 Oct 2026, 08:22
Account
Danas
Type
article

Workers of the city utility “Mediana” “cleaned” the area early in the morning, before 7 a.m. — before the police on-site investigation. A team from the Institute for the Protection of Monuments attended the investigation. Criminal complaints announced (Dr Dragan Milić group, PODES, Kreni-Promeni).

radnici JKP Mediane su rano jutros, još pre 7 časova, efikasno „očistili“
workers of the public utility Mediana efficiently “cleaned up” early this morning, before 7 o’clock
P-05 Web article Verified

Niš TV: “Mediana” works “in the Fortress” that same day

Published
6 Oct 2026, 11:19
Account
Niš TV
Type
article

Published at 11:19, after the investigation, with a “Mediana” photo. A possible explanation (routine work) that the prosecution must check; it contradicts the director’s statement that they did not clean (P-04).

U Tvrđavi i Čairu ekipe će raditi na čišćenju, košenju i sakupljanju biljnog otpada.
In the Fortress and Čair, crews will work on cleaning, mowing and collecting plant waste.
P-07 Web article Verified

Niš prosecutor: qualified as causing general danger

Published
7 Oct 2026, 14:06
Account
Danas / Insajder
Type
article

Asked by Insajder whether there had been a fire, the prosecutor’s office said it had ordered police to establish the facts and qualified the event as a criminal offence.

Događaj je kvalifikovan kao krivično delo izazivanje opšte opasnosti iz čl. 278 Krivičnog zakonika
The event has been qualified as the criminal offence of causing general danger under Art. 278 of the Criminal Code