Zoran Marjanovic Leaves Hospital, Continues Home Treatment
After several days in the Emergency Center, Zoran Marjanovic is recovering outside the hospital. Doctors found a severe brain contusion, and the attacker has not been publicly named.
Composer Zoran Marjanovic left the Emergency Center in Belgrade on October 6 and will continue his treatment outside the hospital. Doctors kept him under observation for several days because of injuries from a physical altercation on the night between Friday and Saturday. Telegraf’s headline says he went to a secret location, while Kurir reports he will recover at home.
What did the doctors find?
At the Emergency Center he underwent diagnostics and had his injuries treated, and because of the seriousness of his condition he was kept for treatment and observation. Doctors recorded a severe brain contusion. He took multiple blows to the head and body, his face was covered in bruises, and he had teeth knocked out.
Because of the head injuries he was under constant supervision. After several days, doctors judged that he could continue recovering at home.
How did the fight start?
According to claims from Marjanovic’s circle, relayed by Kurir, he went to a friend’s apartment in Karaburma. During the evening a heated argument broke out and grew into a physical fight. Kurir and Telegraf write that a pistol was drawn during the clash and that Marjanovic was allegedly struck in the head with it. After the attack he was taken to the Emergency Center. Informer, in one of its related articles, says he was beaten on Friday evening.
What does Marjanovic say, and what is claimed about the attack?
Shortly after the attack Marjanovic spoke to Kurir. He claimed that at the apartment in Karaburma that evening “it was all set up,” Telegraf also reports. He has not spoken publicly since: a Kurir team tried to reach him for comment, but no reply had arrived by the time the article was published.
Informer, citing Blic, claims that Marjanovic refuses to cooperate with the police and will not say who attacked him. The same outlet offers several versions of the motive in related articles:
- that the attack is tied to a house in Borca worth 200,000 euros, or rather the money demanded from its sale
- that the attacker demanded he admit to killing his wife Jelena
- the headline of one of those articles carries the sentence “The attack is personal in nature”
The house in Borca is also mentioned in the headline of one Kurir article about the attack. In the articles we read, none of these versions is confirmed by a statement from the police or the prosecutor’s office, so they remain media claims, not established facts.
The court case in the background
Marjanovic is on trial before the Higher Court in Belgrade for the murder of his wife, singer Jelena Marjanovic, a case that has held public attention for years. The proceedings are ongoing. We reported on the attack earlier, when Marjanovic was kept in the hospital.
