Actual attacks on journalists, Miljko Stojanović, Zaječar, 11.10.2025.

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Actual attacks on journalists, Miljko Stojanović, Zaječar, 11.10.2025.

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  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Man
  • Victim(s) name
    Miljko Stojanović

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Glas Zaječara
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Miljko Stojanović

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    11.10.2025
  • City
    Zaječar
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    Authorities - individuals
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    In person
  • Type of incident
    Actual attacks on journalists
  • Type of attack
    Attack resulting in physical harm

  • Action by the authorities

  • Police action
    The police physically assaulted the journalist. A police officer first knocked him to the ground and hit the phone out of his hand. Afterwards, members of the intervention unit continued to beat him and forcibly remove him from the scene. A procedure has been initiated before the Internal Control Sector of the Ministry of Interior.
  • 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?
    Yes
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly
    The association informed international organizations and institutions

In Zaječar, on October 11, police officers physically assaulted Glas Zaječara journalist Miljko Stojanović while he was reporting from a protest organized by supporters of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), knocking him to the ground and hitting the phone out of his hand. His colleague Anđela Risantijević, who tried to protect him, was also pushed away. When Stojanović attempted to report the attack to Police Chief Igor Jeftić, Jeftić allegedly grabbed his phone, after which members of the intervention unit continued to beat him and forcibly remove him from the scene.