He suffered from the mania of persecution. The background of Dorcol’s terrible tragedy

12th floor fall, Photo: print screen

Yesterday, a man apparently fell from a building in the center of Belgrade.

The fire department received a report from a man on the roof of Pančićeva street in Dorćol at 11:43 am

In accordance with established procedure, nine firefighters were dispatched to the scene with a naval rescue vehicle with airbag and escalator.

The teams arrived at the venue at 11:52. Badly parked cars around the building made intervention difficult as it was not possible to place the escalator and the car airbag in a suitable place.

In accordance with procedure, the firefighters climbed to the roof and began preparations for a safe descent to the area where it was in danger. These preparations include securing anchors and tying down firefighters with climbing gear. At the end of the preparations, as the firefighter climbed over the fence, to help the man, he fell from the position he was in.

Ivan T., 52, who fell from the 12th floor of an apartment building suffered from a persecution mania, his close relative said. He had his own apartment, but for unknown reasons he slept in different places.

It is presumed that the man woke up suddenly, because of his illness he thought someone was chasing him, so in an attempt to escape he unconsciously fell from one floor to another, and then into the abyss. According to the prosecutor’s order, an autopsy of the body will be carried out to determine if the man was under the influence of opiates, drugs, alcohol.