On June 22nd, 2014, three journalists were attacked by unknown persons during a protest in Mitrovica that opposed the settlement of the barricade on the main city’s bridge that divides two ethnically sides. There were clashes between protestors and police. The journalists, Behar Mustafa from Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), Faton Ismaili from Gazeta Express portal and Kajtaz Gecaj from daily newspaper Zeri were attacked by protestors. Mustafa received slight injury.
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