STATUE OF NATIONAL HERO STOLEN, MISSING FROM SCHOOLYARD
The Union of Associations of Fighters of the National Liberation War (SOBNOR) of Montenegro has condemned what they call a new act of vandalism and devastation of the memorial heritage of the anti-fascist struggle.
TL;DR
- The bust of national hero Milun Ivanović was stolen from the schoolyard of the elementary school named after him in Biševo, near Rožaje.
- The incident occurred between April 3rd and 4th, with the pedestal also being damaged.
- The Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Rožaje has classified the act as theft and unlawful removal of a monument.
- The perpetrator has not yet been identified, and the police are continuing their investigation.
- SOBNOR of Montenegro condemned the act as vandalism and an attack on anti-fascist heritage, calling for the perpetrators to be found and punished.
- Milun Ivanović was a participant in the National Liberation Struggle and died in the Battle of Sutjeska in 1943.