Monika Karimanovic, the 12-year-old girl who went missing 10 days ago, was found on Sunday while her suspected kidnapper, Ninoslav Jovanovic, is still on the run, N1 found out.

According to unofficial information, Karimanovic was found in the village of Pasjaca and was taken to the clinical centre in Nis. She was conscious and communicated with authorities.

Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic told Tanjug that police are searching for Jovanovic in the area of Nis.

“I expect that police will manage to catch him,” Stefanovic said, thanking all those who were involved in the search operation.

The girl was abducted at around 7.30 on December 20 after she left for school.

This is the third time that police are searching for Jovanovic in the past 23 years.

He raped a woman and a 14-year-old girl in 1996 and was then found in the forest and sentenced to 10 years behind bars.

Upon leaving prison, he raped another 12-year-old girl after holding her captive for two days.

While on the run, he tried to rape another 12-year-old girl, but a local logger saved her.

Jovanovic was then sentenced to 15 years in prison for rape and attempted rape, but his sentence was reduced to 12 years by the Supreme Court.

After he left prison for the second time, he harassed women via social media and was placed in pretrial detention for five months.

Jovanovic was released in January 2019.