Attack on a journalist, Redžep Korać, Novi Pazar, 16.02.2020.

IJAS •︎ 18/02/2020

Attack on a journalist, Redžep Korać, Novi Pazar, 16.02.2020.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    RS
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Redžep Korać

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Indeksonlajn
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    UNS, Indeksonline

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    16.02.2020
  • City
    Novi Pazar
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Actual attacks on journalists

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes

 

Journalist of the portal Indeksonline  and Secretary General of the Novi Pazar Football Club Redzep Korac was attacked after the club’s election  Assembly by director of junior categories Sead Kolasinac. Redzep Korac acted as a portal reporter at the Assembly, and was most likely attacked for writing about the opening of a new private football school, which annoyed junior category coach Sead Kolasinac, who approached him and physically assaulted him by hitting him while talking to the coach of first team of Novi Pazar. Indexoneline has informed journalists  organizations in Serbia and abroad.