Body found stuffed in barrel linked to Belgrade police chief
Police found the body of a man stuffed in a barrel following a shooting in a restaurant that led to the arrest of Belgrade's police chief, prosecutors said.
Updated on: May 22, 2026 / 6:58 AM EDT / CBS/AFP
Serbian police and army were searching for Aleksandar Nesovic, known as "Baja", who disappeared last week after Belgrade police chief Veselin Milic allegedly invited him to a restaurant called "27" to resolve mutual disagreements with two other men.
But the meeting ended fatally as the man was "killed in a treacherous manner" by one of the two other men, according to prosecutors .
Local media reports said the two had an argument before the shooting.
Both the dead and the shooter were reportedly known Belgrade underworld figures.