Actual attacks on journalists, Sanja Vasković, East Sarajevo, 07.02.2026.

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Actual attacks on journalists, Sanja Vasković, East Sarajevo, 07.02.2026.

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  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Sarajevo
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Woman
  • Victim(s) name
    Sanja Vasković

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Spin.info
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Journalist

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    07.02.2026
  • City
    East Sarajevo
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the police
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • 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

  • Police action
    After the journalist called the police, the East Novo Sarajevo Police Department stated that Sladoje had been issued a misdemeanor citation for insulting Sanja Vasković. Sladoje accepted responsibility, the police said, and they are not currently treating this report as an attack on journalists because, as explained, “the threats and insults were not reported by an accredited journalist". The police claim they "received a report from a third party that police intervention was necessary on a certain street.”

  • 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

Journalist and editor-in-chief of the Spin.info portal, Sanja Vasković, was attacked on 7 February while she was attempting, in her professional capacity, to investigate the felling of trees and the construction of a swimming pool in East Sarajevo. At the construction site of the company “Uniotec”, Vasković was verbally abused by Ljubo Sladoje, the father of the company’s owner, who forcibly seized her mobile phone, thereby endangering her personal safety and violating her right to work freely and independently.