Hooligans who destroyed bloodied "Crybaby" and other works exhibited at Stara Kapetanija arrested

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The Belgrade police arrested six people who are suspected of breaking into the exhibition held at the Stara Kapetanija venue in Zemun, Belgrade, the day before yesterday to destroy exhibited works, Novosti has learned.

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As has been reported, most of those detained so far are minors, 15 years old, and the police are expected to arrest other suspects who broke into the exhibition space as soon as possible.

One of the exhibits, a drawing of a baby with wide open eyes, in a pool of blood, with an ax lodged in its skull caused numerous negative reactions, despite the fact that many do not know the context in which this work was exhibited.

"Kenjkavac ("Crybaby")- a baby who's very whiny gets an ax in the head," read the caption beneath the image of a newborn with a split head.

Threats arrived, and then they came true: a group of 15 masked young men dressed in black stormed the exhibition, which is held as part of the "New Age" festival. They threw tear gas and tore up the works.

Upravo je, uprkos prijavljenim pretnjama smrću(!), na minut od policije(!), grupa mladića upala i izvršila vandalski napad na izložbi,gde su bili dežurna umetnica i jedna osoba iz obezbeđenja. Pošto su prvi put zakasnili @NesaStefanovic MUP neka sada obezbedi lice mesta nadalje. pic.twitter.com/TN0GGvleaH— Marko Somborac (@somboracmarko) October 13, 2020

After some of the "dark humor" cartoons were shared online, an avalanche of negative reactions followed, where the authors of the exhibition were referred to as Satanists and received death threats before the incident last night.

(Telegraf.rs)