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Serbia: Two brothers murdered in scuffle over truffles; conflict and crime related to the mushroom harvest escalates
Serbia Scents Trouble as Truffle Wars Reach Murderous Level, 17 December 2020
As conflicts between locals looking for the pricey underground mushrooms escalate in the woods of northern Serbia, even to the point of bloodshed, police are being ordered to step up patrols.
âThefts, robberies, racketeering, street violence, all those crimes that have mostly damaged citizens, must receive the full vigilance of the police,â said Minister Vulin, adding that Sremska Mitrovica had always been a safe town and must remain so.