Threats agains the life and physical safety of journalists, Newsroom of Mašina, Novi Sad, 11.10.2025.

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Threats agains the life and physical safety of journalists, Newsroom of Mašina, Novi Sad, 11.10.2025.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Redakcija portala Mašina

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Mašina
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Marko Miletić

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    11.11.2025
  • City
    Novi Sad
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
    Bots
  • 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 family / source / coleagues

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    Tuzilac je zaveo slucaj i pokrenuo istrazne radnje
  • Legal status of the case
    The procedure is in the phase of gathering information about all the circumstances of the case
  • Type of violation
    Security threat

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association provided legal support

On October 11, 2025, on the social network Instagram, in the comments under a post by the Mašina portal about events in Novi Sad, a threat was directed at the portal’s editorial team from the account predragbelgrade.

The comment read: “This is a terrorist account! Spreads Hate and Violence! Game is Over for you Masina!”

The threat was reported to the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office for High-Tech Crime (VTK) in coordination with NUNS.