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The Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade announced on June 25 that three people had been arrested, for whom it said there were well-founded suspicions that they had planned a "violent change of power" in Serbia.
According to the prosecution, the arrested with the initials IM, NA, BM are suspected of committing the criminal offense of "preparing a criminal offense against the constitutional order and security of Serbia."
"The investigation shows that on June 21, 2025, the suspects held a meeting at a hotel in Kraljevo, where they planned a violent change of power in the Republic of Serbia," the statement said.
Two of them were arrested in Kragujevac, while one was arrested near Požega, in western Serbia.
The Serbian prosecution said the suspects had agreed not to return home until they had “killed or destroyed” representatives of state institutions. According to Serbian authorities, they had warned of the use of firearms and had planned an attack on police officers with the aim of disarming them.
According to the Prosecution, they had also planned to forcibly enter the Serbian Government building and other institutions, as well as the Serbian public broadcaster and the pro-government media outlets Hepi and Informer.
According to the report, a pistol and ammunition were found on one of the suspects.
The suspects will appear before the Belgrade Public Prosecutor's Office within 48 hours.
One of those arrested is the former head of the Serbian Military Trade Union (VSS), Novica Antic, his lawyer, Ivan Ninic, told Radio Free Europe.
Novica Antic was still in custody in 2024, when he was arrested on February 27 along with two of his associates on suspicion of committing the criminal offense of “abuse of office.” Later, he was elected head of the Military Trade Union of Serbia.
Antiq had previously told reporters that the pressures on the union come from the Military Security Agency, the Ministry of Defense, and the General Staff of the Serbian Army.
According to media reports, Antiq was released from detention in August 2024.
The Politico portal, in an article published in March of that year, described Antiq as a Russian agent.
Politico relied on a document from Western intelligence services, to which the portal's journalists had access. In the report, Antiq was identified as an "active agent of influence" for the Russian FSB.
The High Public Prosecution Office announced earlier in the day that protesting student Stefan Tomic had also been arrested, due to suspicions that he had called for "a violent change of the constitutional order."
His arrest was condemned by protesting students and several opposition parties, calling it pressure and intimidation against students ahead of the June 28 protest in Vidovdan.
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