Actual attacks on journalists, Dario Topić, Osijek, 4.12.2024.

CJA •︎ 06/12/2024

Actual attacks on journalists, Dario Topić, Osijek, 4.12.2024.

Translations: Zagreb 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Zagreb
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Dario Topić

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Komarilos.com
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Journalist

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    04.12.2024
  • City
    Osijek
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    Public person(s)
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    In person
  • Type of incident
    Actual attacks on journalists
  • Type of attack
    attack_physical_harm

  • Action by the authorities

  • Legal status of the case
    The procedure is in the phase of gathering information about all the circumstances of the case
  • Type of violation
    Serious bodily injury

  • 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 sent a letter of concern to the institutions
    The association informed international organizations and institutions
    The association organized some other form of support

Co-owner and authorized signatory of the Elektromodul company, Damir Taslidžić, physically attacked Dario Topić, a journalist and editor-in-chief of the Komarilos portal. Komarilos.com, which primarily deals with Osijek city issues, wrote about the case of the City of Osijek’s refusal to extend the parking concession for the Elektromodul company from December 31st of this year, after 26 years. Damir Taslidžić, whose company Elektromodul is still the current concessionaire, invited Topić to his business premises under the pretext of giving him information about fraud in the awarding of concessions and physically attacked and beat him as soon as he entered, which means that the attacker did everything with premeditation.