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# Serbia Arrests Police Chief After Election

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- Created on Nov 1, 2026

> This arrest has no link with the result of the legislative elections.
>
> — aljazeera.com

## The two men arrested on November 1 2026

Name

Role

Key allegation

Marko Kricak

Head of Serbia's Criminal Police Directorate

Manipulating a murder probe; abusing a detainee; striking a student protester and making threats

Bosko Sekulovic

Commander of the anti-organised-crime unit

Feeding prosecutors false evidence in the same murder case; failing to perform official duties

[albeu.com](https://albeu.com/english/head-of-serbias-criminal-police-arrested-over-alleged-manipulation-of-investigations-and-mistreatment-of-protesters-after-student-opposition-victory/1083749/?utm_source=slatesource)

Road from Novi Sad to the arrest01.11.2024 – 01.11.2026

01.11.2024Railway canopy collapses at Novi Sad station; 15 people killed -- sparking mass anti-government protests

01.11.2024

22.12.2024Hundreds of thousands march at Slavija Square in Belgrade in the largest protest of the cycle

22.12.2024

01.07.2025Kricak takes command of the police personal protection unit (JZO) as a Vucic loyalist

01.07.2025

12.05.2026Organised crime figure Aleksandar Nesovic shot dead at a restaurant in the Senjak district of Belgrade

12.05.2026

16.05.2026Kricak accused of personally abusing a man identified as N.L. at police premises four days after the murder

16.05.2026

01.08.2026Kricak's unit allegedly abducts student protesters; he is accused of striking a female student and threatening her with rape

01.08.2026

01.10.2025Former Belgrade police chief Veselin Milic, arrested for the Senjak murder failure to act, names Kricak and Sekulovic in a counter-complaint

01.10.2025

25.10.2026Serbia's parliamentary election: the student-backed opposition Student List wins a clear majority; Vucic's SNS is pushed into opposition

25.10.2026

01.11.2026Belgrade's Higher Public Prosecutor's Office orders the arrest of Kricak and Sekulovic -- one week after the vote

01.11.2026

[yahoo.com](https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/serbian-police-chief-arrested-election-130323886.html?utm_source=slatesource)

## What is confirmed and what is not

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Confirmed: arrests ordered by the chief prosecutor, named publicly on November 1 2026.

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Confirmed: charges are abuse of office and failure to perform official duties.

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Confirmed: the investigation into the Senjak murder began in May 2026, before the election.

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Not yet confirmed: whether Kricak will be formally indicted; he has not yet appeared in court.

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Not yet confirmed: any official account of what happened at the August 2025 student protest incident.

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Not yet confirmed: whether Sekulovic faces the same abuse charges as Kricak or only the murder-probe allegations.

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BBC and Reuters have not yet published independent reports as of this writing; the primary English-language sourcing is AFP via Yahoo News and Al Jazeera.

What happens next

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Kricak and Sekulovic appear before an investigating judge -- standard Serbian procedure within 48 hours of arrest

Judge decides whether to order pre-trial detention or release on bail

Student protest movement's demand for removal of other Vucic-era security chiefs -- including BIA intelligence head -- still outstanding

Serbia's new parliamentary majority must form a government; timing of power transfer is unconfirmed

Independent prosecutors' review of the Senjak murder case resumes with new evidence

Sources: Al Jazeera (primary English report, Nov 1 2026); AFP wire via Yahoo News (detailed allegations, Nov 1 2026); Tanjug state news agency (Serbian primary source, via Albeu.com); ground.news shows 7+ additional outlets across German, French, Portuguese, Hungarian and Slovenian. Cover: Belgrade Slavija Square protest, December 22 2024. Public domain (Voice of America / Stefan Miljus).

[Al Jazeera: Serbia arrests police chief over abuse of office allegations](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/1/serbia-arrests-police-chief-over-abuse-of-office-allegations?utm_source=slatesource)

[AFP via Yahoo News: Serbian police chief arrested after election for abuse of office](https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/serbian-police-chief-arrested-election-130323886.html?utm_source=slatesource)

[Albeu.com / Tanjug: Head of Serbia's Criminal Police arrested -- detailed allegations](https://albeu.com/english/head-of-serbias-criminal-police-arrested-over-alleged-manipulation-of-investigations-and-mistreatment-of-protesters-after-student-opposition-victory/1083749/?utm_source=slatesource)