Actual attacks on journalists, Danijel Majić, Bleiburg, 18.05.2019.

CJA •︎ 18/05/2019

Actual attacks on journalists, Danijel Majić, Bleiburg, 18.05.2019.

Translations: Zagreb 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Zagreb
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Danijel Majić

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Frankfurter Rundschau
  • Type of media platform
    Printed Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Mediji

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    18.05.2019
  • City
    Bleiburg
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Actual attacks on journalists

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes

Daniel Majic, a journalist at the German daily newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau, was physically attacked while reporting from a commemoration at Bleiburg. First, Majić was insulted by Velimir Bujanac’s wife, and then Bujanec spat him twice, after which Majić was physically attacked by a group of visitors to the Bleiburg commemoration. Velimir Bujanec is an activist of the Croatian radical right who calls himself a journalist.