Arrested Serbians planned to take over automatic weapons, attack institutions and statesmen

Director of the Police Administration of Montenegro Slavko Stojanović confirmed the arrest of 20 Serbian citizens suspected of terrorism. Among those arrested is the former commander of the Serbian Gendarmerie Bratislav Dikić, Patria reports.

Parliamentary elections are being held in Montenegro today.

Stojanović added that the Serbian citizens are suspected of creating a criminal organization and terrorism, and that the police are searching for one person.

- These individuals are suspected of having committed the criminal acts of creating a criminal organization and terrorism on the territory of Montenegro. They are suspected of having entered Montenegro with the intention of first taking over automatic weapons, and then tonight carrying out attacks on system institutions, the police and representatives of state bodies, not excluding the possibility of attacks on high state officials - Stojanović stated.

The operation involved officers of the Police Administration in cooperation with the National Security Agency and under the coordination and order of the Special State Prosecutor's Office.

- Acting in accordance with operational and intelligence data available to the police, they deprived 20 individuals, citizens of the Republic of Serbia, of their liberty, while one person, also a Serbian citizen, is being searched for.