The journalist investigating Ivanovic's murder shows how he was kidnapped and treated

Serbian journalist, who was investigating the murder of politician Oliver Ivanovic in northern Mitrovica, has said the kidnappers had threatened him but had not beaten him up.

As the Serbian newspaper “Novosti” writes, it is interesting that Cvetkovic was found on the street when he had left a house, not far from his home at Bella Crkva.

He claimed that he was taken out of his car by unidentified masked persons and that they were not harsh towards him. They did not beat him, nor did they leave him hungry. The trace analysis at his wristwatch found near the abandoned vehicle did not indicate The DNA of another person. Even in his car, according to the results of the dues analysis, there are no suspicious traces of”, indicates a source of random investigations, the Telegrafi follows.

According to operational information, Cvetkovic was in Pristina about ten days ago in the company of a businessman known by eastern Serbia. With him, before mysterious extinction, he communicated both directly and through messages. There were specific talks with a localised phone number in Pristina, and conversations have been recorded with strangers from Macedonia.

From the moment his disappearance was reported, all Tsvetkovic's phones were extinguished, and he has some. During operational activities, it was found that he kept in touch with some people, informing them that he was alive and well, and that nothing had happened to him, the newspaper writes.

The empty car was a sign for the search to begin

“He says he was threatened because of knowledge he has made public about the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, and that he has been kidnapped by people who are involved in this crime. According to him, the plan was to transfer it to Romania. His testimony is full of caviarma, but we are all verifying”, the source from the investigation said.

Police, in co-operation with BIA (Serbian Information Service), are trying to reconfigure the entire case, and all actors. Especially interesting are those who have devised this whole plan with the disappearance of Tsvetkoviki. If the businessman mentioned is involved in all of this and what the role of it is, the opinion will soon be informed, Telegrafi conveys.

Tsvetkoviki's parents, after learning that their son was found alive near the house, were not too eager to talk to reporters. They briefly repeated that they did not know where their son had been in the previous 30 hours. As they say, they had no knowledge of his professional work because he had not told them anything.

A close friend of Tsvetkoviki, who the previous day issued a statement to the police about his disappearance, discovered to the newspaper that ten days earlier, when Stefan had returned from Kosovo, to him a police official had offered 24-hour protection, even though he had not reported that someone had threatened him.

Of course they know Stefan is in danger, so they want to protect him. He refused because he did not want to limit his movement. As far as I know, he didn't feel threatened”, Cvetkovic's friend said, until he was still unaware of the fate of missing journalist.

Journalist Stefan Cvetkovic, who was investigating the murder of Serbian politician from Kosovo, Oliver Ivanovic, disappeared in the night between Wednesday and Thursday in his hometown, Serbia's Bella Crkva.