Actual attacks to journalists, Brankica Matic, Novi Sad, 10.3.2025.

IJAS •︎ 13/03/2025

Actual attacks to journalists, Brankica Matic, Novi Sad, 10.3.2025.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

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

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Storyteller
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    NDNV

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    10.03.2025
  • City
    Novi Sad
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Actual attacks on journalists
  • Type of attack
    attack_physical_snatch

  • Action by the authorities

  • Police action
    The journalist first asked for help from the police officers who were present at the public event and was told that there was no reason to file a complaint because she was not injured. After she said that have a video of the attack, they replied that they didn't have any report forms. https://nuns.rs/ndnv-napadnuta-novinarka-na-javnom-skupu-u-novom-sadu-policija-odbila-da-reaguje/
  • Public prosecutor's action
    The criminal charges were filed.
  • 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?
    No

Journalist of “Storyteller” Brankica Matic was reporting from a public event in front of elementary school “Milos Crnjanski” in Novi Sad and when she tried to take a statement from the participants of the protest group of parents who demand that classes be held regularly, first they verbally attacked her, yelling at her, getting in her face, and then one man physically attacked her and snatched the phone from her hand.