Actual attack on journalists, Stefan Miljus, Belgrade, 1.5.2025.

IJAS •︎ 01/05/2025

Actual attack on journalists, Stefan Miljus, Belgrade, 1.5.2025.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

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

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    TV Insajder
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
  • Source of information about the incident
    TV Insajder

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    01.05.2025
  • City
    Beograd
  • 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_without_injury

  • 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

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Unknown
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly
    The association informed international organizations and institutions

Insajder TV journalist Stefan Miljus physically attacked during professional assignment at Nikola Pašić Square in Belgrade

Insajder television journalist Stefan Miljus was physically attacked while on assignment near Nikola Pasic Square in Belgrade. During his reporting in the area, Miljus was physically assaulted by an unidentified man who struck his arm twice, attempting to knock the phone out of his hand. Miljus had earlier used the phone to record an incident involving veterans passing through the area.

After he began sending the footage to the newsroom, he noticed that someone was recording him. When he asked the person why he was filming him, the man initially tried to walk away, but then told the Insajder reporter that he should “run away.” When Miljus asked whether that was a threat, the man turned around and hit him twice on the arm.

Shortly after, a second man approached. When Miljus stated that he was just doing his job, the second individual told him to “do it somewhere else” and to record himself instead of them.