Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Dinko Gruhonjić, Novi Sad, 16.02.2025. Case 7

IJAS •︎ 16/02/2025

Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Dinko Gruhonjić, Novi Sad, 16.02.2025. Case 7

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Dinko Gruhonjić

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Autonomija i NDNV
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
    Other
  • Source of information about the incident
    Dinko Gruhonjić, objava na Fejsbuku

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    16.02.2025
  • City
    Novi Sad
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    Organized groups
    Bots
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Posts or comments on social networks
  • Type of incident
    life_threat

  • 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
    Security threat

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

Journalist and professor Dinko Gruhonjić received a threat on the social network Facebook.

The threat was sent from the account of a person who presents himself as Dusan Nedeljković.

The direct message reads:

“Soon, you will be cut your throat, your eyes gouged out with a bottle ….. thrown into one of the canals of Vojvodina, wrapped in a black jacket”.

The threats are part of the organized attacks on the Dinka Gruhonjić, and they were all forwarded to the competent Special Public Prosecutor’s Office for high-tech crime.