The case of Millan Vukashinoviq, who was seriously injured under unclear circumstances near Leposaviq in early November last year, continues to draw public attention in Serbia. While competent institutions have avoided official statements and concrete information, those following and investigating the case have reportedly received threats.
The events of November in the village of Jelakcë, Leposaviq, were recounted in detail by Vukashinoviq himself before a prosecutor. The Serbian portal Nova.rs obtained access to his testimony, which was given on December 12 before the High Public Prosecutor in Prokuplje, at the prison hospital in Belgrade.
According to his statement, on November 1, 2025, he planned to meet with D.A. in Kosovo, with whom he had previously met in the area. D.A. was supposed to deliver honey and rakia. Around 11 a.m., while driving on an alternate route, his vehicle hit a tree placed perpendicular on the road, but he did not stop and continued driving.
“When I exited that road onto a meadow, the vehicle was surrounded by several people, and they started shooting. At one point, I realized they were aiming at me and felt that I had been hit. I then, in a moment, went out through the windshield. Before I exited, I understood they were shooting at me, and I felt I had been wounded,” Vukashinoviq said in his testimony.
He said that after leaving the vehicle, unknown individuals approached him, took him to D.A.’s vehicle in the meadow, and transported him to the hospital in Prokuplje. After first aid, he was transferred to the Clinical Center in Niš, where he remained hospitalized until mid-November, and was later moved to the Central Prison in Belgrade.
Vukashinoviq suffered serious injuries in the shooting. A bullet remains lodged in his spine, leaving him bedridden, and one of his kidneys was removed in Niš. He also sustained a fracture in his right ankle joint.
In his testimony, he denied the allegations from the criminal complaint filed on November 1, asserting that he did not commit the crime he is accused of.
Speaking about his life in Kosovo, he said he has lived there since birth and struggled unsuccessfully for years to find employment, including reaching out to representatives of the Serb List. He also said he received no assistance from Kosovo institutions and, in 2015, during the Kosovo-Serbia Brussels negotiations, he contacted authorities there.
“I reached out to a person I saw on TV leading the negotiations, Rahim Pacolli. He helped me and gave me a job at the Jarinjë border checkpoint, where since 2016 I have worked in the security of foreign vehicles,” Vukashinoviq said.
Information about his injury was first shared on X by the family lawyer, Ivan Niniq, raising questions about the circumstances of the shooting. According to Niniq, Vukashinoviq was shot multiple times in the back, and those involved were reportedly in military-style uniforms without identifying marks, in unregistered SUVs.
No official information about the case has been released so far, and the public remains without answers about who shot him, why, or under whose orders.
Nova.rs notes that threats have been directed at lawyer Ivan Niniq over this case. In the Telegram group “Koridor,” threats were issued against Niniq for allegedly publishing photos and information about how Millan Vukashinoviq was shot in Leposaviq, supposedly because his actions were not in line with the Serb List, Milan Radoiçiq, and Aleksandar Vučić.
Previously, Vukashinoviq had also been targeted by pro-government Serbian media due to a conflict with the Serb List.
