[Update 1: Looks like this lad, who by all accounts is a lovely person, was injured by a stray bullet from a fire fight between hooligans and club security. That distinction is not really meaningful because so much of Belgrade's club security is run by hooligan gangs that inevitably they duke it out with rivals in front of clubs.]

[Update 2: Blic report confirms he was an innocent bystander.  See "A tourist wounded in front of a nightclub".]

From B92:

“A British national shot last night near the Freestyler nightclub has undergone surgery and is in a stable condition, B92 understands from the Clinical Center.

The injured young man, who is conscious, was taken to Casualty from the Centar hostel in Karađorđeva Street near the railway station.

“The patient is currently in the operating theater. He was taken to Casualty in the early hours of the morning and after our doctors looked him over and resuscitated him, it was decided to operate. He had a gunshot wound to the stomach and, like I say, an operation is under way,” said a spokesman for the Serbian Clinical Center.

The Interior Ministry informed Beta that the circumstances of the incident had yet to be ascertained.”

B92 – News – Crime & War crimes – Briton shot in front of Belgrade nightclub

Wow! This is both rare and unfortunate. It is extremely rare to hear of foreigners coming to any harm in Belgrade and shootings are almost always Mafia related, so this is puzzling.

Speculation so far includes…

• The victim is a Serb with British nationality, possibly with gangland links, and this was Mafia related
• The victim is an innocent British tourist who found himself at the wrong place and the wrong time.
• The victim is a British mafioso who fell foul of local hoodlums.

Anyone know what really happened?