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Belgrade in collapse: “A special war is being waged against Serbia"


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All false reports about the planted bombs were sent from servers abroad, the 
media report. 

Source: B92, Blic Monday, May 16, 2022 | 19:55 



FOTO TANJUG/ ZORAN ZESTIC

All false reports about the planted bombs were sent from servers abroad, the 
media report. 

It is a Proton e-mail service, according to the media, and they add that it is 
very difficult to track down the senders of these e-mails. 

Proton Mail is a Swiss online service, through which most threatening messages 
about bombs have arrived so far. There are more than 50 million users, whose 
messages are protected by strong encryption, so it is difficult to discover the 
sender's IP address. It is possible that, through the VPN network, the message 
will be sent from one country, and that over a dozen IP addresses will be 
redirected to other countries, in order to hide the trace of origin. 

It should be reminded that after threatening reports of an explosion in 
Belgrade's primary schools, a new threat arrived. Bombs were planted on bridges 
in Belgrade, in shopping malls, a zoo, restaurants, and a train station. 

"We placed explosives at the following locations: Branko's Bridge, Gazela 
Bridge, New Railway Bridge, Ada Bridge, Pancevo Bridge, National Museum, Delta 
City, Zmaj Shopping Center, Ada Mall, Stadion Shopping Center, Konjarnik 
Shopping Center, Belgrade Zoo, Public Aquarium and Tropicarium, McDonald's 
Bežanijska kosa (Partisan Aviation, Belgrade), Eurodom Belgrade Airport, 
Belgrade Central Station, President's House, City Council, Every power plant, 
Every water treatment plant, Russian Embassy Belgrade...", the threatening 
message reads. 

On that occasion, the Deputy Mayor of Belgrade, Goran Vesić, also spoke. "We 
have just received an anonymous report that bombs have been planted in all 
production plants of the Belgrade Waterworks," Deputy Mayor Goran Vesić told 
"Novosti". 

He added that they act in accordance with the regulations that require adequate 
behavior and reaction in such situations, and the police are already in the 
waterworks. 

"Citizens should not worry, because we will ensure an orderly supply, 
regardless of these provocations," he said. Vesić notes that the Belgrade 
Waterworks has more than 100 plants and states "that it is obvious that a cyber 
war is being waged against Serbia". 

Just to reiterate, in 21 primary schools, before the beginning of the afternoon 
shift, a report of bomb threats arrived. The e-mail with the notification was 
sent from the same address as this morning, when the same message arrived in 97 
primary schools, reports Blic. Due to reports, classes in the afternoon shift 
in most schools have been canceled, and classes will be held online. After 
school, a report of a bomb arrived at the Stadion shopping center. 

We remind you that this morning an e-mail arrived in 97 Belgrade primary and 
secondary schools warning that a bomb had been planted. 

Резултати прево t should be reminded that after threatening reports of an 
explosion in Belgrade's primary schools, a new threat arrived. Bombs were 
planted on bridges in Belgrade, in shopping malls, a zoo, restaurants, and a 
train station. 

"We placed explosives at the following locations: Branko's Bridge, Gazela 
Bridge, New Railway Bridge, Ada Bridge, Pancevo Bridge, National Museum, Delta 
City, Zmaj Shopping Center, Ada Mall, Stadion Shopping Center, Konjarnik 
Shopping Center, Belgrade Zoo, Public aquarium and tropicarium, McDonald's 
Bežanijska kosa (Partisan Aviation, Belgrade), Evrodom Belgrade Airport, 
Belgrade Central Station, President's House, City Council, Every power plant, 
Every water treatment plant, Russian Embassy Belgrade... ", the threatening 
message reads.

Intensive work is underway to identify the perpetrators of criminal acts 
related to false reports of bombs that arrive every day at a large number of 
addresses in Belgrade and other cities throughout Serbia. 

Members of the Ministry of the Interior, in cooperation with the Prosecutor's 
Office for Organized Crime and the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in 
Belgrade, are intensively investigating these cases, and the Special Department 
for High-Tech Crime of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade is 
involved. 

Due to the large number of reports of bombs, all available capacities of 
counter-diversion units of the Ministry of the Interior have been engaged in 
inspecting the facilities and institutions to which the reports were sent, 
which have been false so far and are suspected of causing panic and harassment 
of citizens, a statement from the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade 
said.


Internal Affairs Minister Aleksandar Vulin said bomb threats are a form of 
“special warfare”


Internal Affairs Minister Aleksandar Vulin said on Monday that the bomb threats 
in cities across Serbia are a form of “special warfare” intended to prevent 
Belgrade from conducting independent policies and force it to take decision 
under pressure. 

“A special war is being waged against Serbia. Threats are being sent from 
different addresses in several European states to institutions, media houses, 
companies. The attacks on our country have not been launched nor are they being 
waged by an individual. These are mass, organized and very expensive hacker 
attacks from different hybrid warfare centers,” Vulin said in a press release. 

He added that the equipment needed to launch the kind of attack launched on 
Monday costs more than 100.000 EUR and that the damages inflicted run into the 
millions. He claimed that the equipment is destroyed right after the attack to 
prevent investigators from determining the location from where it was launched. 

“The claims of explosive devices are intended to cause panic and inflict damage 
on our country’s economy but the fundamental goal of all attacks is to prevent 
Serbia from conducting independent policies and force it to take decisions out 
of fear and under pressure,” Vulin said. 

He called the public to remain calm and follow orders from the police. “The 
Internal Affairs Ministry is working with the Higher Public Prosecution and 
Organized Crime Prosecution to speed up international legal aid processes 
through contacts established in line with the Budapest Convention. A special 
war is being waged against Serbia and we have to be ready”, Minister of the 
Interior, Aleksandar Vulin, on the occasion of frequent false reports about 
planted bombs, concluded.

 

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