Following a night of coordinated violence across Serbia’s capital, Radomir Lazović, co-chairman of the Green-Left Front (ZLF), launched a blistering political attack on Interior Minister Ivica Dačić on Thursday. Lazović accused the minister of hiding “in a mouse hole” while Belgrade transforms into a playground for warring criminal factions and corrupt police officers.
The opposition leader’s remarks came immediately after a chaotic 24-hour window in Belgrade, during which five hospitality venues were targeted with Molotov cocktails and an establishment owner was shot and wounded this morning.
The Capital Ablaze: A Terrifying Three-Month Timeline
According to data compiled by municipal monitors, the overnight attacks are part of a broader, hyper-violent racketeering war tearing through Belgrade’s commercial sectors.
[BELGRADE CRIMINAL ARSON TRACKER - EARLY 2026]
• Over Past 3 Months: 9 hospitality venues systematically torched across Belgrade.
• Last Night: 5 targeted bars and restaurants struck by Molotov cocktails.
• This Morning: The owner of a newly targeted venue is shot and wounded.
Lazović emphasized that the sheer volume of violence requires immediate institutional accountability, declaring that the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) has entirely lost control of public safety.
“While hospitality venues burn across Belgrade and the highest-ranking police officials participate in mafia executions, Dačić has crawled into a mouse hole,” Lazović told the Beta news agency. “He didn’t dare to show his face at the National Assembly session, nor has he appeared in public—he remains silent and hidden. Minister Dačić must bear direct responsibility for the profound nexus between the police and organized crime, and for the mafia war currently raging on our streets.”
From Hospital Discharges to the “Senjak Case” Gridlock
The arson wave and shooting coincide with the massive ongoing fallout over the “Senjak Case”—the gangland murder of Aleksandar Nešović at Restoran 27. The case has devastated the public profile of the Serbian police force, as 4 of the 10 arrested suspects are active law enforcement officers, including Veselin Milić, the Chief of the Belgrade Police Administration.
[THE MUP LEADERSHIP CRITICISM]
Institutional Reality: Belgrade Police Chief Veselin Milić arrested for murder cover-up.
Ministerial Response: Total public silence and absence from the National Assembly.
Opposition Stance: Belgrade has become a battlefield for "criminals in uniform."
Lazović noted the hypocrisy of the minister’s communication strategy, pointing out that Dačić was far more active in updating the public on his personal health than on the collapse of urban security.
“Is it humanly possible that the police minister remains silent and hides after everything that has happened? He doesn’t dare stick his head out,” Lazović concluded. “He addressed the public more times upon being discharged from the hospital than he has now, when the streets of Belgrade have become a war zone for mobsters and criminals in uniform!”
