Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists, Olivera Lakic, Podgorica, 01.05.2020.

TUMM •︎ 05/05/2020

Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists, Olivera Lakic, Podgorica, 01.05.2020.

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Gender
    Female
  • Victim(s) name
    Olivera Lakić

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Vijesti
  • Type of media platform
    Printed Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Dan

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    01.11.2020
  • City
    Podgorica
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    life_threat

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    Specijalno tužilaštvo Crne Gore je uhapsilo dvije osobe koje se sumnjiče za planiranje ubistva novinarke Olivere Lakić.

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

In the case against a criminal group in which 23 persons were accused of planning and committing several serious crimes, cooperating witness B.P. in his statement at the Special State Prosecutor’s Office, gave details about the planning of the assassination of journalist Olivera Lakic. According to the testimony, everything happened in May this year in the Institute for Execution of Criminal Sanctions Spuz.

In his testimony, the cooperating witness stated that on one occasion, on May 1 or 2, 2020, the accused B.F. who asked him if he knew Olivera Lakic and then asked him what he would ask for in return for her murder. After this conversation, on May 5 or 6, the accused G.R. came to his room, who asked him for how much money he would murder, and then told him “I would give you 150,000 euros in cash, and if you ask me for 200,000, to finish this for me just to take it away from me” adding “she knows something which she should not know ”.

Also, the cooperating witness stated that the story about Olivera Lakic was started in prison by detainee V.B. who also asked him if he knew her. In further conversation with witness V.B. said that he followed Lakic, and that he forwarded information about her movements to the bloodied F.K. who approached her from behind and shot her in the leg.