Threats against media outlets and organizatons, Antena M, Podgorica, 08.08.2023.

TUMM •︎ 08/08/2023

Threats against media outlets and organizatons, Antena M, Podgorica, 08.08.2023.

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Antena M

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Antena M
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Antena M

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    08.08.2023
  • City
    Podgorica
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Threats against media outlets and organizations

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    Nema elemenata krivičnog djela

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes

The editorial staff of Antena M, chief editor and deputy Darko Šuković and Milena Aprcović, received death threats on the social network Facebook.

A user named “Đorđije Tadić” called for the liquidation of the editorial office of Antena M, via a comment below the article of that media.

The threat read: “Portal Antena M is the biggest Ustasha breeding ground in the Balkans. Immediately liquidate the editor and deputy, and shut down the rest.”

On the order of the state prosecutor of the Basic State Prosecutor’s Office in Nikšić, a criminal complaint was filed, and the state prosecutor, after the urgency of acting supreme state prosecutor Tatjana Begovic, stated that there are elements of a criminal offense for which the prosecution is assumed ex officio.

The day after the published comment, the police searched Tadić’s apartment and found and confiscated a gun for which Tadić had a firearm certificate and 115 pieces of ammunition of various types and calibers – in illegal possession.