Actual attacks on journalists, journalist Maja Nikolić and cameraman TVN1 Ivan Pavlović, Belgrade, 20.11.2025.

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Actual attacks on journalists, journalist Maja Nikolić and cameraman TVN1 Ivan Pavlović, Belgrade, 20.11.2025.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Maja Nikolić i snimatelj TVN1

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    TVN1
  • Type of media platform
    Television
  • Source of information about the incident
    Maja Nikolić i portal N1

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    21.11.2025
  • City
    Beograd
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the police
    Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    Security staff or agencie(s)
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    In person
  • Type of incident
    Actual attacks on journalists
  • Type of attack
    Physical attack with snatching or damage to devices, cars or other journalist's belongings

  • 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
    Damage to journalists' belongings

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly
    The association informed international organizations and institutions
    The association provided legal support
    The association organized some other form of support

A man attacked an N1 crew that was filming an area near the Serbian National Assembly and the so-called “Ćacilend.” The attack occurred on November 20, 2025, at around 14:20, near the new roundabout close to the bus stop.

An unknown man approached the TV N1 crew, demanded that they stop filming, and shortly afterward grabbed the camera, throwing it onto the road several times and severely damaging it.

The police, who were nearby, did not react to the incident and approached only after being called by the N1 journalist.

N1 cameraman Ivan Pavlović and journalist Maja Nikolić were attacked while preparing a report for our television program.

After failing to react immediately, members of the Intervention Police Unit called plainclothes inspectors, who informed the competent public prosecutor’s office, which initially refused to order further action. After additional pressure and the involvement of on-duty prosecutors and media focal points, the public prosecutor ordered the crime scene investigation. The police arrived at the scene of the attack on the journalists at 15:40—an hour and 20 minutes after the incident occurred.

Cameraman Ivan Pavlović told TV N1 that they were filming a report when they saw a larger group coming from Ćacilend.

“They walked past us, and I turned the camera toward the checkpoint. One of them came back, approached me from behind, grabbed the camera out of my hands, and threw it on the ground twice. Then they ran away. Everything happened in plain sight of the police, who were standing 20 meters away from us and watching. My colleague Maja was traumatized—I mean, these are horrifying situations,” the cameraman said. The police officers then began “slowly and cautiously approaching,” while the men fled.

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