Country | MN |
Name and Surname | Antena M |
Gender | Group |
Date | 08/08/2023 |
City / Location | Podgorica |
Type of incident | Threats against media outlets and organizations |
By whom | To journalists by citizens |
Name of the perpetrator | Djordjije Tadic |
Type of media | online |
Media name | Antena M |
Source | Antena M |
Public prosecutor | There are elements of criminal offence |
Legal closure | Charges dismissed |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
What was journalists' association reaction | Sindikat medija je oštro osudio napad na Antenu M |
Were authorities informed? | Case was initiated ex officio by the Prosecutor’s Office |
The editorial staff of Antena M, chief editor and deputy Darko Šuković and Milena Aprcović, received death threats on the social network Facebook.
A user named “Đorđije Tadić” called for the liquidation of the editorial office of Antena M, via a comment below the article of that media.
The threat read: “Portal Antena M is the biggest Ustasha breeding ground in the Balkans. Immediately liquidate the editor and deputy, and shut down the rest.”
On the order of the state prosecutor of the Basic State Prosecutor’s Office in Nikšić, a criminal complaint was filed, and the state prosecutor, after the urgency of acting supreme state prosecutor Tatjana Begovic, stated that there are elements of a criminal offense for which the prosecution is assumed ex officio.
The day after the published comment, the police searched Tadić’s apartment and found and confiscated a gun for which Tadić had a firearm certificate and 115 pieces of ammunition of various types and calibers – in illegal possession.