Country | KO |
Name and Surname | [:en]RTK[:] |
Gender | Group [:en]Radiotelevision of Kosovo employee's[:] |
Date | 22/08/2016 |
City / Location | [:en]Pristina[:] |
Type of incident | Attacks on media outlets and organizations |
By whom | To journalists by citizens |
Media name | [:en]Radiotelevision of Kosovo[:] |
Source | [:en]RTK[:] |
Legal closure | Perpatrator is convicted |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
What was journalists' association reaction | [:en]AJK condemns this criminal attack and it should be sanctioned. Fellow journalists could have been hurt, while some of them were working during the time of explosion. Luckily no one was hurt. [:] |
Were authorities informed? | Yes - Police |
The public broadcaster, the Radiotelevision of Kosovo was attacked by a hand grenade. Two attacks against the public broadcaster marked this year as the most violent cases against media and journalists. On August 22nd, 2016, a hand grenade exploded near the building of the RTK. The attacks occurred during the high political tensions in the country.