Threats Against Lives and Physical Safety of Journalist, Kristina Perković, Podgorica 23.05.2026.

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Threats Against Lives and Physical Safety of Journalist, Kristina Perković, Podgorica 23.05.2026.

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Woman
  • Victim(s) name
    Kristina Perković

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Portal Standard
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    https://www.cdm.me/hronika/jesce-vam-kosti-kad-vas-zakoljem-prijetnje-smrcu-novinarki-standarda-odt-pokrenuo-istragu/

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    23.05.2026
  • City
    Podgorica
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the police
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Posts or comments on social networks
  • Type of incident
    Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists
  • Type of threat
    Explicit - to journalist(s)

  • Action by the authorities

  • Police action
    Arrested the suspect
  • Public prosecutor's action
    Opened the Investigation into Suspected Endangerment of Safety
  • Legal status of the case
    The procedure is in the investigative phase
  • Type of violation
    Security threat

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    No
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly
    The association provided legal support
    The association organized some other form of support

News portal Standard’s journalist Kristina Perković reported serious death threats and insults to the police after receiving threatening messages on 23 May via the Instagram account “NIKOLA BATUTA NOVI PROFIL859561”, which also targeted members of her family.

In her report, she stated that comments containing offensive language and threats directed at both her and her family were posted beneath a photograph she had shared on 21 May, including the message: *“Where are those children so I can ***… they will be eating your bones when I slaughter you.”

On 27 May, the Basic State Prosecutor’s Office in Kotor announced that D.O. (29), from Tivat, had been arrested on reasonable suspicion of committing two criminal offences of endangering security, to the detriment of Perković and S.B.