Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Fahrudin Kladničanin, Novi Pazar, 21.12.2025.

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Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Fahrudin Kladničanin, Novi Pazar, 21.12.2025.

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  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Man
  • Victim(s) name
    Fahrudin Kladničanin

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Hava.rs
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Veran Matić

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    21.12.2025
  • City
    Novi Pazar
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the police
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
    Bots
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    In person
  • Type of incident
    Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists
  • Type of threat
    Explicit - to journalist(s)

  • 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

Fahrudin Kladničanin, editor-in-chief of Hava.rs received threats on 12/21/2025. received Fahrudin Kladničanin from Novi Pazar, editor-in-chief of the Hava.rs portal and member of the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia.

At the pedestrian crossing near the City Administration in Novi Pazar, an unknown person approached him and addressed him with the words “Member of Kladnica, what are you doing here, you piece of garbage, they sent you here from Belgrade, it’s easy for you to spill Belgrade politics here”. When he asked him to get away from him, he continued “What are you doing here, shame on you, where were you on July 29 to defend students, fuck you mother, why did you come here to defend this SDP mafia, this is my city, my cobblestones, I’ve been here for 400 years, because one of your uncles came from Hadzhet to defend these houses here, cunt.”

After a few minutes, while he was giving a statement to Blic TV, unknown persons gathered around Kladničanin, and prevented him from doing so with loud taunts, among other things, and by shouting “…you will go out into the street when this is all over and you will see how you will fare!”. However, despite the warnings and protests of those present, the same person continued to follow him and throw insults and threats until plainclothes policemen intervened and separated him from the journalists.

Fahrudin reported the case at the Novi Pazar police station on the same day.