Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Mladen Savatović, Belgrade, 19.08.2025.

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Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Mladen Savatović, Belgrade, 19.08.2025.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

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

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    TVN1
  • Type of media platform
    Television
  • Source of information about the incident
    Igor Bozić

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    19.08.2025
  • City
    Beograd
  • 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
    Posts or comments on social networks
  • 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?
    Yes
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly
    The association provided legal support

N1 television journalist Mladen Savatović found himself the target of threats on social media on August 19.

In the comments on the N1 Serbia Facebook page, a user with the account “Zdravko Simic” wrote: “I will beat up this gay Savatović just to meet him somewhere.”

In agreement with NUNS, the threats against journalist Savatović were immediately reported to the competent public prosecutor’s office for high-tech crime in Belgrade.