Calls in Serbia after independent studies on claims of a sound device attack in peaceful rally

Belgrade, Serbia (AP) calls in Serbia on Monday for an independent examination of the reports that security forces used a banned sound weapon for crowds last weekend, although the authorities vehemently contested this.

Serbian rights groups and opposition officials claim that such a weapon that spends a targeted beam in order to temporarily override people was used on Saturday, even though it is prohibited in Serbia. They said they would submit charges for international and domestic courts against those who order the attack.

Serbia's authoritarian and pro-Russian President Aleksandar Vucic again contested on Monday that the device control device was used and referred to it as a “bad lie” that aims to “destroy Serbia”.

He said that he would soon invite the US Bunding Bunding for Investigations and also the Russia's Federal Safety Service FSB to examine the claims.

“It is important for the story to see how they lied,” he said, referring to those who claim that the sound weapon was used.

The Serbian officials indirectly admitted that the police had added the weapon of mass control to their arsenal about two years ago, but insisted that it was not used during the rally on Saturday.

In its online petition, which was signed by more than half a million people, the movement movement of the opposition called for the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to “use a solid cannon on March 15 against peaceful demonstrators in Belgrade”.

The petition demands that the investigation “comprises the medical, legal and technical aspects of their effects on health and human rights”.

Former Serbian President Boris Tadic also said that “he would ask for international help to determine the truth about the events that caused a serious violation of public security and endangered health and the life of Serbian citizens in the protest on Saturday.

Hundreds of thousands of people relegated to the capital of Serbia on Saturday to protest the death of 15 people at a train stations on November 1st. Almost daily demonstrations that started in response to tragedy have shaken Vucics for decades of company.

The film material of the rally shows that people who stand for the victims of the train station during a 15-minute silence when a sudden penetrating sound triggers panic and a short rush. An Associated Press photographer said on site that people began to crawl after cover and left the center of the city center almost empty when they fell on top of each other.

Those who are exposed to the weapon have sharp ear pain, disorientation and panic, say security experts. Longer exposure can cause drum breakers and irreversible hearing damage.

Many who say that they were in the epicenter of the alleged attack complained about severe headaches, nausea and disorientation on social media.

Some security experts have claimed that in the protest, an American acoustic device (Lrad) -Lrad)-a specialized sound emitting tool that is able to deliver high frequency sound waves over significant distances. Your claims cannot be verified independently.

Vucic, who says that the protests led by university students are part of a western trick to overthrow him from power, has warned that everyone who spread disinformation is to be held accountable.

The Associated Press