Actual attacks on journalists, Vladimir Kovačević, Banja Luka, 26.08.2018.

BHJA •︎ 26/08/2018

Actual attacks on journalists, Vladimir Kovačević, Banja Luka, 26.08.2018.

Translations: Sarajevo 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Sarajevo
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Vladimir Kovačević

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    BN TV
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
  • Source of information about the incident
    mediji

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    26.08.2018
  • City
    Banja Luka
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Actual attacks on journalists

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    Investigation

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    No

26th of August, two masked persons waited for Kovačević in front of the building he lives in, attacked him with telescoping metal poles and inflicted him heavy bodily injury.

Kovačević was attacked shortly after he has sent his reports from the city – demonstrations held in Banja Luka, where the group “Justice for David” (a group of citizen struggling to uncover the truth about the murder of a young student from Baanja Lulla David Dragičević) is gathered daily, and after a serial of verbal attacks and political pressures on journalists from BN by public officials in this entity.