Translations: Beograd
Case info
Personal info
- Regional centerBelgrade
- Who was attacked?Journalist
- GenderMan
- Victim(s) nameBranislav Šovljanski
Media outlet
- Name of the media outletTV N1
- Type of media platformTelevision
- Source of information about the incidentTV N1
Incident Data
- Date of incident17.07.2026
- CityBeograd
- Were authorities informed?Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office
- Perpetrator(s)Not known
- Attacked by(ordinary) citizens
Bots - Means of incidents and attacksPosts or comments on social networks
Through media outlets (broadcast, print, online) - Type of incidentThreats against the lives and physical safety of journalists
- Type of threatExplicit - to journalist(s)
Action by the authorities
- Legal status of the caseThe procedure is in the phase of gathering information about all the circumstances of the case
- Type of violationSecurity threat
Action taken by the journalists' association
- Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?Yes
- What was the reaction of the journalists' association?The association reacted publicly
The association provided legal support
New threats were sent to the news director and editor of N1 television, Branislav Šovljanski, and the threats were most likely sent by the same person who had threatened before.
The threat was sent on July 17, in a comment on a text published on the N1 portal under the title “Tabloid spin from the first row: They made a great honor for Serbia and Vučić out of ordinary protocol”, and was sent by a person who introduces himself under the pseudonym “Srbin”.
The message stated: “N1 director, your children and family are all you have and we will wait slowly, we will wait for you, remember as long as there are Serbs, you will be persecuted, your origin should be impaled on a spit, we will roast you alive, you bastard, your mother was angry with everyone, I don’t know who your father is, you bastard.”
The threat was reported to the competent Special Public Prosecutor’s Office for VTK.
The person behind this account has already been reported for the threats sent to N1 journalists and that the account from which the messages were sent is connected to the same IP address.