Threats against media outlets and organizations, Kolubarske.rs, 10.01.2020, Valjevo

IJAS •︎ 12/01/2020

Threats against media outlets and organizations, Kolubarske.rs, 10.01.2020, Valjevo

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    RS
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Portal Kolubarske.rs

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Kolubarske.rs
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Urednica portala Kolubarske.rs Darija Ranković, portal Cenzolovka

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    10.01.2020
  • City
    Obrenovac
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Threats against media outlets and organizations

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

 

On the night between  January 10-11, 2020, unknown persons broke into the editorial office of the local portal Kolubarske.rs in Vojvoda Misic Street in the center of Valjevo.  Nothing valuable was taken from the office , however in both rooms drawers from the tables were overturned and files from the desks were scattered on the floor. After the assault was reported, police came to the scene and conducted an investigation. For now, it is uncertain when the burglary happened exactly because the newsroom did not work during the holidays. The burglars used a crowbar to break the yard window and violently enter the building. Jelena Tomic, a spokeswoman for the Valjevo Police Department, told the Cenzolovka portal that police are intensively searching for the perpetrators and that criminal charges will be filed to the prosecution for aggravated theft.