Shooting at New Belgrade Restaurant Wounds Owner A lunchtime crowd in New Belgrade watched their neighborhood haunt turn into a crime scene—yet within hours, the police had a suspect, a motive theory, and a narrative of a botched professional hit.

Around 11:30 a.m., shots rang out inside the “Džeri” restaurant, where owner Goran S., described as the proprietor of several high‑end Belgrade venues, was sitting at a table when an attacker approached and “fired several shots” at him in front of guests. Early police and emergency reports confirmed a man had been wounded by firearm and rushed to the Emergency Center.

Initial accounts from tabloids and portals focused on the chaos: seven bullets fired in the packed restaurant, panic, guests diving under tables, and Goran hit multiple times in the legs and arm but surviving with “three gunshot wounds” and out of immediate mortal danger. Sensationalist headlines touted “EXCLUSIVE! First picture of the wounded owner of ‘Džeri’!” as blood‑stained images from inside the restaurant began circulating.

Police rolled out Operation “Vihor,” flooding the area with patrols and forensics teams, a scene described as a restaurant “full of police and forensic experts.” Within hours, Belgrade police arrested 24‑year‑old Mladen D., named as the suspected shooter who allegedly fired four shots—three into the victim’s legs, one into his arm—before fleeing. One outlet reported he was overpowered after a brief chase by a member of a special anti‑terror unit who happened to be on the spot.

As the manhunt ended, the story escalated. Telegraf pushed “cinematic details,” claiming investigators suspect a “professionally organized murder” and that the 24‑year‑old was a gunman allegedly hired for €100,000, having rented a nearby apartment to surveil his target. Alo and Kurir echoed the same figure, reporting that an “unknown client” supposedly put up “100,000 euros for the liquidation” of the luxury‑restaurant owner.

Then came the deeper criminal backstory. Kurir reminded readers that the same New Belgrade café had been bombed just three months earlier, allegedly targeted by a group labelled “bombers and racketeers” linked to the so‑called Vračar clan, accused of terrorizing restaurateurs with arson and explosives when they refused to pay for bogus “protection.” Pro‑government outlets framed today’s shooting squarely within this war on organized crime, casting the swift capture of the shooter as proof that the state’s clampdown continues.

[1] Alo.rs – Shooting in New Belgrade: Attacker approached the restaurant owner and fired several shots at him!
“Shooting in New Belgrade: Attacker approached the restaurant owner and fired several shots at him!”
https://www.alo.rs/hronika/crna-hronika/16762432/pucnjava-na-novom-beogradu-napadac-prisao-vlasniku-restorana-i-u-njega-ispalio-nekoliko-metaka.html

[2] Politika – Man Wounded by Firearm
“U lokalu na Novom Beogradu danas oko 11.30 sati muškarac je ranjen iz vatrenog oružja, saznaje Tanjug… Povređeni je prevezen u Urgentni centar… osumnjičeni za pucnjavu je uhapšen.”
https://www.politika.rs/scc/clanak/756894/muskarac-ranjen-iz-vatrenog-oruzja

[3] Republika – WE FIND OUT! SHOOTING IN “DZERI”: SEVEN BULLETS FIRED
“ispaljeno je sedam metaka, prilikom čega je povređen vlasnik restorana G. S.… Kako se pucnjava dogodila pred gostima, izbio je haos i panika u objektu.”
https://www.republika.rs/hronika/hronika/751182/pucnjava-dzeri-restoran-sedam-metaka

[4] Alo.rs – First pictures from the restaurant in New Belgrade: Owner wounded by 3 bullets
“Goran S. ranjen je sa više hitaca, ali nije životno ugrožen…”
https://www.alo.rs/hronika/crna-hronika/16762489/prve-slike-posle-pucnjave-u-restoranu-na-novom-beogradu.html

[5] Republika – EXCLUSIVE! First picture of the wounded owner of “Džeri”!
“EXCLUSIVE! First picture of the wounded owner of “Džeri”!”
https://www.republika.rs/hronika/hronika/751201/vlasnik-restorana-dzeri-upucan-fotografija

[6] Telegraf – FIRST PHOTO FROM THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING IN NEW BELGRADE: Restaurant full of police and forensic experts, ‘Whirlwind’ in effect!
“Prostor oko restorana je opkoljen… ogroman broj policijskih patrola, inspektora u civilu i forenzičara… pokrenula akciju ‘Vihor’.”
https://www.telegraf.rs/vesti/hronika/4329717-prva-fotografija-s-mesta-pucnjave-na-novom-beogradu-restoran-pun-policije-i-forenzicara-na-snazi-vihor

[7] Telegraf – SUSPECT ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING IN NEW BELGRADE: Restaurant owner shot with four bullets
“uhapšen Mladen D. (24)… Nakon što je osumnjičeni ispalio četiri hica u ugostitelja (tri u noge i jedan u ruku)…”
https://www.telegraf.rs/vesti/hronika/4329724-uhapsen-osumnjiceni-za-pucnjavu-na-novom-beogradu-vlasnika-restorana-upucao-sa-cetiri-hica

[8] Telegraf – Cinematic details of the shooting in New Belgrade: A 24-year-old allegedly shot a caterer for 100,000 euros?!
“sumnja se da je reč o profesionalno organizovanom ubistvu… dvadesetčetvorogodišnjem M.D. je za ubistvo poznatog ugostitelja plaćeno čak 100.000 evra… iznajmio stan u blizini restorana.”
https://www.telegraf.rs/vesti/hronika/4329754-filmski-detalji-pucnjave-na-novom-beogradu-mladic-24-navodno-za-100000-evra-upucao-ugostitelja

[9] Kurir – “EVEN 100,000 EUROS PAID FOR THE LIQUIDATION, THE KILLER RENTED AN APARTMENT NEARBY”
“EVEN 100,000 EUROS PAID FOR THE LIQUIDATION, THE KILLER RENTED AN APARTMENT NEARBY…”
https://www.kurir.rs/crna-hronika/10001114/Najnoviji-detalji-pucnjave-na-Novom-Beogradu-za-likvidaciju-placeno-100.000-evra

[10] Alo.rs – 100,000 Euros Paid for Assassination? Restaurant Owner Wounded by 3 Bullets
“Nepoznati naručilac… trebao da je plati 100.000 evra za likvidaciju vlasnika luksuznog restorana na Novom Beogradu.”
https://www.alo.rs/hronika/crna-hronika/16762532/placeno-100000-evra-za-likvidaciju-vlasnika-restorana.html

[11] Kurir – RESTAURANT WHERE OWNER WAS SHOT THIS MORNING WAS TARGETED BY THE VRAČAR CLAN?
“pre samo tri meseca bačena je bomba… na meti kriminalne grupe… ‘bombaša i reketaša’… nudeći zaštitu od tzv. vračarskog klana… njima su uništavali lokale tako što su ih palili ili napadali bombama.”
https://www.kurir.rs/crna-hronika/10001034/restoran-na-novom-beogradu-u-kom-su-ranili-vlasnika-bio-na-meti-vracarskog-klana