| Country | KO |
| Name and Surname | Vehbi Kajtazi |
| Gender | Male |
| Date | 13/10/2017 |
| City / Location | Pristina |
| Type of incident | Other threats to journalists |
| By whom | To journalists by citizens |
| Name of the perpetrator | Fitim Thaci |
| Type of media | online |
| Media name | Insajderi.com |
| Source | Insajderi.com |
| Public prosecutor | Ordered |
| Legal closure | Perpatrator is convicted |
| Perpatrator is convicted.Description: | Perpatrator was convicted to four months of conditional sentence. |
| Judiciary status | The suspect was in detention on remand for 30 days. The trial took place afterwards. Thaci was conditionally sentenced to four months. |
| Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
| What was journalists' association reaction | Director of Association of Journalists' of Kosovo has visited the victim in Emergency Center while issuing public reaction on the same day. Next day, protests were organized by AJK in order to request from authorities to solve this case and all other cases related to journalists' safety. |
| Were authorities informed? | Yes - Police Yes - Public |
Investigative Journalist and Chief Editor of Insajderi.com, Vehbi Kajtazi, was physically assaulted by an identified suspect while he was getting out of cafe ‘Lounge’ on Friday afternoon in city centre, October 13th 2017. Kajtazi has received several punches causing light injuries and scratches and had to receive treatment at the Emergency Center in Pristina.
