Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Magločistač Newsroom, Subotica, 15.08.2025.

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Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Magločistač Newsroom, Subotica, 15.08.2025.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Other
  • Victim(s) name
    Redakcija Magločistača

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Magločistač
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Bojan Cvejić

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    15.08.2025
  • City
    Subotica
  • 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
    E-mail
  • 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
    The association provided legal support

The editorial team of the portal Maglocistačač from Subotica received a brutal death threat on August 15, in which the person stated that he would attack the life and body of the editorial staff members or people close to them, with monstrous messages: “I f*ck your children slaughtered and with their eyes gouged out, to you and Maglocistača”.

The threat was made by a person who signed himself as Zeljko Cvetićanin, and was sent via a comment on the published news: ´´Kolundzija: This must end with them leaving, and they can choose how they will leave´´

A criminal complaint was filed with the Special Prosecutor’s Office for High-Tech Crime for the criminal offense of endangering security.