Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Dinko Gruhonjić, Novi Sad, 16.02.2025. Case 6

IJAS •︎ 16/02/2025

Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Dinko Gruhonjić, Novi Sad, 16.02.2025. Case 6

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    DInko Gruhonjić

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Autonomija i NDNV
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
    Other
  • Source of information about the incident
    DInko Gruhonjić, objava na Fejsbuku

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    16.02.2025
  • City
    Novi Sad
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    Organized groups
    Bots
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Posts or comments on social networks
  • Type of incident
    life_threat

  • Action by the authorities

  • 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?
    No
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly

Journalist and professor Dinko Gruhonjić received new threats on the social network Facebook. The person from the account Zoran Daka Dakic wrote in a direct message, among other things, the following:

“You finished the Ustaso. Someone finished”

,,Rod will destroy your Ustaso. I’m crazy, when someone gets drunk, I’ll kill for Serbia…´´

,,I’m going to fuck your mother rotten Ustaska”.

The threats addressed to Dink Gruhonjić are part of organized threats.

The expressed threats were reported to the Public prosecution for high-tech crime.