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LRAD. Wouldn't surprise me if they were field testing the gear for the yanks or whoever. Would also explain why they did it in the middle of a "moment of silence".
I know what it is, and they got it from the US, not from Russia. Not every asshole in the world is Putin's subordinate.
You severely, and I mean severely overestimate the ingenuity of the current state security's apparatus. And the word on the street was it's Genasys gear, ordered after the 2020 protests. The press caught wind of it in 2022 when they tried to change the law to allow it's use. Ironically, at the time of purchase, the head cop was Vulin, who personally is a huge russophile, but hey, busyness is busyness, I guess.
The direktno.rs info would probably be this article. And, sadly, considering the current protest is, initially, precisely over the refusal to release what should be publicly available documents, word on the street is about as good as we're gonna get.
And, as a sidenote, don't assume what you imagine "the group" to be is what "the group" actually is. There is a reason why, for the first time in over a decade, Serbian protesters don't wave EU flags anymore.
If I'm reading it right, the VK post is from 20 minutes ago, the direktno article is from 2022. Tthe article is the source, not the other way around. The FB link says "content unavailable".
In the meantime, someone dug up a report (2024 , page 20) of a "suspected LRAD" being used by the Gendarmerie (ie. the guys on the field yesterday) against migrants up near the Hungarian border, but their source (November 2023, page 8), just says "gun-like sonic device".
The N1 article is a report on the statement of ret. gen. PonoΕ‘, it's his opinion. And, frankly, that seems to be the prevailing opinion. Guess we'll see if Flinten-Uschi says anything about yesterday beyond being very deeply concerned as usual. EDIT: Im Westen nichts Neues
BTW, a DOS-era minister of the interior just went on Nova S TV and called it "Genasys brand, imported by Jugoimport, I believe in 2022, I believe through Israel, though American in make". I get the feeling more stuff is gonna float up in the next few days.
The government hates that silence because it reminds them they killed 15 people on the train station in Novi Sad.
Protests started when they attacked students giving the respects to victims.