Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists, Nikola Krstić, Belgrade, 18.08.2023.

Translations: Beograd 

• Case info

• Personal info

• Regional center

  RS
• Gender

  Male
• Victim(s) name

  Nikola Krstić

• Media outlet

• Source of information about the incident

  Nikola Krstić

• Incident Data

• Date of incident

  18.08.2023
• City

  Beograd
• Perpetrator(s)

  Not known
• Attacked by

  (ordinary) citizens
  
• Type of incident

  life_threat

• Action by the authorities

• Action taken by the journalists' association

• Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?

  Yes

Journalist Nikola Krstić received a threat on the social network X (Twitter) in the form of a comment on a published post on his account, when he posted a text and a personal comment from the section “Dialogue, personal views” that he wrote on the portal Danas:

https://t.co/CBNfw4HCMX

Da, znam da neki od vas se nadaju da će Kosovo ponovo postati deo Srbije, ali hajde da se suočimo sa istinom – Kosovo je nezavisna država, a ne deo države Srbije. Ako ne možete da prihvatite to, onda se obratite svom izabranom lekaru.

— Nikola Krstić (@krkela_krle) August 18, 2023

A person, or several persons, left a public comment to Krstić:

“You will be hanging on a pole before or after with your tongue sticking out, your eyes rolling, and your pants dirty and wet.” A million percent. A stinking piece of shit. As long as Belgrade’s streets are not decorated with hanged fellow Serbs, Serbia will not be a normal country.”

The threat was reported to the competent prosecutor’s office for high-tech crime.