Opposition politician on Nis knife attack: The hand that held the knife was the hand of Aleksandar Vucic

"The attack on the professor of the Faculty of Philosophy in Nis is a direct consequence of the brutal campaign, because the President of Serbia himself publicly and aggressively targeted professor Jovanovic and her husband several times, calling her a criminal, underestimating her work and turning her into a legitimate target," said Djilas.

Today's attack is a consequence of the atmosphere in which the government used the media to create a society in which dissidents are insulted, dragged across the tabloids, targeted, isolated and - in the end - physically attacked, he stressed.

"Vucic not only bears responsibility - he is the creator, the architect of this kind of society. A society in which no one who has the courage to oppose the regime is safe. We all need to be aware that this is not the end - this is the beginning of a dangerous spiral of violence into which we will further sink, if we do not oppose the organized criminal group that governs Serbia," Djilas stressed.