{"id":184746,"date":"2025-08-14T15:20:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=184746"},"modified":"2025-08-14T15:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:20:20","slug":"i-shot-into-the-air-to-protect-my-life-the-confession-of-a-cobra-member-who-drew-a-pistol-at-the-novi-sad-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/i-shot-into-the-air-to-protect-my-life-the-confession-of-a-cobra-member-who-drew-a-pistol-at-the-novi-sad-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I SHOT INTO THE AIR TO PROTECT MY LIFE&#8221;: The Confession of a Cobra Member Who Drew a Pistol at the Novi Sad Protest!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Serbian Army Warrant Officer <strong>Vladimir Brku\u0161anin<\/strong> stated that yesterday, during a routine task of providing security for a specific person, he and his colleagues were the targets of an attack by a group of nearly 100 people armed with metal and wooden sticks, flares, rocks, and firecrackers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The attack was violent. 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