Physical assaults, Milan Djokic, Uzice, 13.07.2015.

Physical assaults, Milan Djokic, Uzice, 13.07.2015.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    RS
  • Gender
    Male
  • Media outlet

  • Type of media platform
    Printed Media
  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    13.07.2015
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Type of incident
    Actual attacks on journalists
  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    Podigao optužnicu
  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

At a press conference in Jokanovic House in Uzice where were members of assembly Dejan Radenkovic and Vladimir Marinkovic, attacker, who passed security, attacked them from behind. In that incident, an unidentified person, using a knife, had severely injured Milan Djokic, journalist of Uzicka nedelja weekly. The unidentified attacker managed to escape from the building, but the police found and arrested him within a short period of time.