Serbia's vucic urged to boost security amid trump attack fears

In response to the recent attack on Donald Trump, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin called on Sunday for increased security measures for President Aleksandar Vučić and his family. Vulin emphasised that the head of state "must prepare for a similar scenario," reported the Serbian daily "Danas".

Deputy Prime Minister Vulin said, "Under media pressure, politicians are too often forced to renounce protection, making them an even easier target." He recalled that in recent weeks, there has been an attempt on the life of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico and an aviation disaster involving Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, "both of whom advocate or have advocated for a different international order and peace in Ukraine."

- It cannot be a coincidence - added Vulin.

- Let President Vučić and all those who dare to fight for freedom prepare themselves. The attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump is an expression of permissible and incited hatred, the same that is freely expressed towards Vučić and Serbia - stated Vulin, who is under American sanctions, among other reasons for his close ties to the Kremlin.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić also assessed on Sunday that "the attack on Trump was a tragic result of a campaign of hatred and dehumanisation, and something similar is currently happening in Serbia against President Vučić".

In the past, Serbian authorities have repeatedly reported planned assassinations of President Vučić and accused the opposition of conducting hate campaigns and making threats against the head of state. In connection with this, at the end of June, the country introduced a red alert level for the terrorist threat following an attack on a policeman in front of the Israeli embassy in Belgrade.

The Serbian government described this attack as an act of terror, and the perpetrator was identified as a Serbian convert to Islam who had ties to Wahhabism, a fundamentalist religious-political doctrine of Islam.