The police in the southern city of Nis interrogated a local man who wrote about the alleged sonic weapon blast at the protest in Belgrade on March 15, the Juzne Vesti news portal reported on Friday. Pročitaj više

It said that Bozidar Pavlovic was interrogated as part of an investigation into the causing of panic among the public. Pavlovic said the interrogation is a form of intimidation against people expressing an opinion and decided to tell the portal in order to protect himself and his family.

He shared a Nova S video after the March 15 protest which included a statement by lawyer Bozo Prelevic and a call for a general strike on his Instagram profile. Pavlovic said 2 police officers came to his home and told him they were taking him to Belgrade to the High-Tech Crime Department but decided to interrogate him in Nis when he told them he didn’t have enough money to pay a ticket back from the Serbian capital.

The interrogators told him they knew those weren’t originally his post but that they needed to get to the original posters and advised him to delete the posts and post a denial which he did. He said they kept advising him what to do or else take him to Belgrade.

Pavlovic said he asked the police officers what would have happened if he refused to come with them and one of them said they would get a warrant and break down his door. They also advised him not to post anything similar.