FORMER HANDBALL PLAYER AND SNS MEMBER: Here’s who the man kicking students in front of the Serbian Parliament is! (VIDEO)

Vlada Mandić, a former handball player and member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), was part of a group that clashed with students and war veterans during a protest yesterday, according to Mila Popović, president of the Belgrade City Board of the Party of Freedom and Justice, who posted the information on her profile on the social network X.

“Vlada Mandić, the first thug of the Serbian Progressive Party, the head of the group that attacked students and war veterans, can be seen in the video kicking a young man,” she wrote on her account.

Vlada Mandić, prvi batinaš Sprske napredne stranke, šef grupe koja je napala studente i ratne veterane, a na snimku se vidi kako šutira mladića.

Mandić je bivši rukometaš i istaknuti član SNS, čovek koji je na adresi svoje firme prijavio 154 fantomska birača, mahom funkcionere… pic.twitter.com/NOdjRfFcSm
— Mila Popovic (@milabizjak) May 1, 2025

So far, there has been no response from Mandić himself, the students and veterans he kicked, or anyone else involved.

As a reminder, an incident occurred in the fenced-off area in front of the Serbian Parliament and Pioneer Park, where supporters of the ruling party and Aleksandar Vučić were celebrating the May Day holiday. When war veterans and students who support the university blockades appeared, Mandić was seen on video kicking one of the young men and driving him out of the enclosed space.

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Who is Vlada Mandić

Vladimir Mandić is a former handball player for Partizan and in recent years has been an active member of the Serbian Progressive Party.

His name has been mentioned in several controversies over the past years, ranging from being detained in Bosnia and Herzegovina, arrested in Montenegro, allegedly transporting voters from Republika Srpska, to amassing an astonishing number of properties — Mandić reportedly owns as many as 46 real estate properties in Belgrade alone, writes Nova.rs.

At one point, he was charged — and later acquitted — of attempted murder.