I am 19 years old, i killed my best friend and i am now lying in Krusevac: We played with a gun, i wouldn't throw a firecracker now (PHOTO)

Somber May 4, 2017, everywhere rain and drab, only a bit green trees to break the monotony. Such was the trip to Krusevac, interwoven with trepidation how it will look like to meet with juveniles who have committed a crime.

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We soon found ourselves in front of the Youth Correctional Facility, where boys Z.N. (19) and S.S. (19) are hiding their heads, this is where they serve their sentences, one for manslaughter and the other for theft. 

Foto: Marko Todorović

Both are looking at the floor. Guilt and remorse took up the entire room. The first words pronounced by protege N. Z., who killed his best friend.

Foto: Marko Todorović

- I have been here for a year and 8 months. I killed my best friend. It was an accident - Z.N. starts his story.

With a heavy voice, filled with regret, he continues:

A friend bought me a gun. The aim was to shoot it for New Years, Christmas... We had a bit to drink that night. We didn't know that the bullet was in the gun and what happened happened - said Z.N. while he watches sadly to the floor.

- I am trying to deal with it. Not to think about it anymore. I am not from criminal environment, this was an accident - e said, not moving his eyes from the floor.

He will leave the correction facility in June or July.

Foto: Marko Todorović

- I changed my opinion on everything here. I have knowledge for a life time. I wouldn't throw a firecracker anymore - said Z.N.

He got skills in the Correction facility. He is one of the best bakers.

- I am enjoying in the bakery, i work here. I like making rolls with cheese the most and i plan on doing that when i get out - said Z.N. who has his family as a support in this difficult period of his life.

S.S. is sitting next to him (19). He has been in correction facility for one year and three months. He has another year to go. He is there for theft.

Foto: Marko Todorović

- I started when i was 14. The gang took me that way. We started it and we couldn't stop. It all started with stealing the bag of chips - said S.S.

They were mostly breaking in stores.

- It is funny from what we started and how we ended up. There were six of us in the group. They are all free and i am here - said the protege.

He claims that he totally changed in the correction facility.

- I feel bad. I could have done something different. But alright, i learned a lot here, everything for a better life. I learned painting craft. 

- I like doing that. I have some friends who are doing that outside and i plan on being a wall painter. You can live of that. I don't think about returning to the old ways - he said.

He reveals that he has something to fight for.

- I have a family who has been with me the entire time and a girl who supports me and waits for me to get out - he said at the end.

(Telegraf.co.uk / Milica Cule / m.cule@telegraf.rs)