Country | SR |
Name and Surname | [:en]Aleksandar Cupic[:] |
Gender | Male |
Date | 05/05/2016 |
City / Location | [:en]Vrsac[:] |
Type of incident | Actual attacks on journalists |
By whom | By public persons |
Name of the perpetrator | [:en]Milan Trkic[:] |
Type of media | online |
Media name | [:en]E-Vrsac[:] |
Source | [:en]N1[:] |
Article and legislation violated (nationally) | [:en]Article 278 point 1 and 122 point 3 Criminal law [:rs]Article 278 point 1 and 122 point 3 Criminal Code. [:] |
Public prosecutor | Dismissed charges |
Public prosecutor | [:en]The perpetrator has agreed to opportunity, admitted the offenses, executed an obligation ordered by the prosecutor and with Cupic's consent, was released from custody. He was referred to a private lawsuit for damages.[:] |
Legal closure | Perpatrator is convicted |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
What was journalists' association reaction | [:en]IJAS and IJAV demanded from the authorities to shed light the attack on Aleksandra Cupic and appropriate punish attacker. [:rs]IJAS and IJAV demanded from the authorities to shed light the attack on Aleksandra Cupic and appropriate punish attacker.[:] |
While Aleksandar Cupic was on the field in village Parta near Vrsac, Milan Tikic the son of a local businessman Dragan Tikic, tried to run over him by the track. He was standing by the road when came across a black pickup truck, who drove right side instead of left and went in his direction. Cupic tried to avoid a blow, but Tikic hit him and dismissed a few meters.