Actual attack on journalist Elsa Xhindole, Pogradec, 11.05.2025

Tirana •︎ 11/05/2025

Actual attack on journalist Elsa Xhindole, Pogradec, 11.05.2025

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  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Tirana
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Female
  • Victim(s) name
    Erisa Xhindole

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    MCN
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    https://www.mcntv.al/node/221332?fbclid=IwY2xjawKOcI5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETEzN25RRHhzU0JmbXRVeHgzAR4Esto8i-23Xo2Zn4H53EzA8iM-bTl1_9RGlWJY7mpUZMv-WGtMgu4znlywOA_aem_ipEFBQKtIyzOo4uMqTU3Rg

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    11.05.2025
  • City
    Pogradec
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    In person
  • Type of incident
    Actual attacks on journalists
  • Type of attack
    attack_physical_snatch

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

MCN media reports that an unidentified individual forcibly took the mobile phone of MCN TV correspondent Elsa Xhindole at the voting center VC 39/01 in Pogradec and deleted her materials and videos. Journalist Elsa Xhindole stated that her phone was taken by force twice, resulting in the loss of all her recordings. The case has been reported to the police authorities by the journalist.

“I am at VC 39/01 near the city of Pogradec. While I was inside the voting center, an unidentified person grabbed my phone and deleted the materials I had filmed. They told me to ‘delete the videos’. My phone was taken by force twice, and I lost my videos and photos as a result.”