Physical attack towards cameraman Jetmir Muji, 17.11.2022, Mitrovicë

Translations: Pristina 

• Case info

• Personal info

• Regional center

  Pristina
• Gender

  Male
• Victim(s) name

  Jetmir Muji

• Media outlet

• Name of the media outlet

  Insajderi
• Type of media platform

  Online Media
  
• Source of information about the incident

  Insajderi

• Incident Data

• Date of incident

  17.11.2022
• City

  Mitrovice
• Perpetrator(s)

  Not known
• 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

The cameraman of “Insajderi” portal, Jetmir Muji, was physically assaulted this morning in northern Mitrovica by a group of local Serbs, while he was filming for a TV story.

According to this media, Muji together with the journalist, Visar Duriqi, were in the north to conduct a story, when they saw a young man being put into a car by several people. When Muji filmed this event, he was attacked by these people and ended up in the Emergency Hospital in the south of Mitrovica.

AJK expresses its concerns and is shocked by this attack and at the same time invites the Kosovo Police to urgently investigate the case and identify the persons responsible for this attack.