Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Journalist of Mašina, Novi Sad, 12.10.2025.

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Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Journalist of Mašina, Novi Sad, 12.10.2025.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Woman
  • Victim(s) name
    Novinarka Mašine

  • 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
    12.10.2025
  • City
    Novi Sad
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Type of incident
    Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists
  • Type of threat
    Explicit - to journalist(s)

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    Javni tuzilac je zaveo prijavu i preudzeo dalje radnje, pozvao urednika Mašine
  • 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 12, 2025, on the Instagram social network, in the comments on the post on the Mašina portal about events in Novi Sad, a threat was sent to the editorial office of the portal from the account of a person signed Tomah Milovanović.The threat was addressed to a female journalist who was reporting from events in Novi Sad.

In the comment it is written: ,,It should be locked in the basement and f..k´´.

The threat was reported to the special public prosecutor’s office for VTK in agreement with NUNS.