Actual attacks on journalists, HRT journalist, Rakovo selo, 27.12.2023.

Actual attacks on journalists, HRT journalist, Rakovo selo, 27.12.2023.

Translations: Zagreb 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Zagreb
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Female
  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    HRT
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
    Radio
  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    27.12.2023
  • City
    Rakovo selo
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (convicted)
  • 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

  • Police action
    The police in Šibenik detained a 62-year-old man for attacking an HRT journalist during the filming of a TV report in Rakovo sel in Dubrava near Šibenik on December 27. After the completion of the criminal investigation, the suspected man was handed over to the custody supervisor of the Šibenik-Knin Police Department, with a criminal complaint filed with the Municipal State Attorney's Office. The 62-year-old is suspected of committing the crime of coercion against a person who performs tasks of public interest or in public service. In addition, a 32-year-old man who verbally attacked a journalist was detained, and was fined for that.
  • Public prosecutor's action
    After the completion of the criminal investigation, the suspect, a 62-year-old man, was handed over to the custody supervisor of the Sibenik-Knin Police Department, with a criminal complaint filed with the Municipal State Attorney's Office. In addition, a 32-year-old man who verbally attacked a journalist was detained, and was fined for that. According to the police report, the 62-year-old man is suspected of committing the crime of coercion against a person who performs tasks of public interest or public service to the detriment of a 52-year-old journalist from Šibenik.
  • Court action
    A man (32 years old) was fined 500 euros, according to the final court verdict of the Misdemeanor Department of the Municipal Court in Šibenik.
  • Legal status of the case
    Perpetrator is convicted
  • Type of violation
    Security threat
  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    No

The Šibenik police apprehended a 62-year-old man on charges of assaulting an HRT journalist during the recording of a TV segment in Rakovo sel in Dubrava near Šibenik on December 27. Following the conclusion of the criminal investigation, the implicated individual was turned over to the custody supervisor of the Šibenik-Knin Police Department, and a criminal complaint was lodged with the Municipal State Attorney’s Office, as confirmed by Šibenik Police spokeswoman Sanja Baljkas.

Furthermore, a 32-year-old man who verbally assaulted the journalist was taken into custody and subsequently fined. According to the police report, the 62-year-old man is suspected of committing the offense of coercion against a person engaged in tasks of public interest or public service, to the detriment of a 52-year-old journalist from Šibenik.

During the recording of a segment for the show on Wednesday morning in Rakovo sel in Dubrava near Šibenik, the 62-year-old verbally attacked the journalist, hindering her from performing her duties. Subsequently, he physically assaulted her by striking her arm while she was in the process of alerting the police. The police statement indicates that the 32-year-old man was also detained for verbally insulting the journalist in the presence of the police. The younger man was later fined 500 euros, according to the conclusive court ruling from the Misdemeanor Department of the Municipal Court in Šibenik.