Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists, Dinko Gruhonjic, Novi Sad, 24.11.2024.

IJAS •︎ 24/11/2024

Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists, Dinko Gruhonjic, Novi Sad, 24.11.2024.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Dinko Gruhonjic

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Autonomija
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Dinko Gruhonjic

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    24.11.2024
  • City
    Novi Sad
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Posts or comments on social networks
  • Type of incident
    life_threat

  • 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

Novinar Dinko Gruhonjic received death threats on social network Facebook.

Gruhonjic received direct threat in the message on his profile:

´´Ustasa, you will be slaughtered. Damn it, and your grandchildren.  It won’t take long. You will die quickly. Remember that I follow you like a shadow, it’s a matter of minutes when you will be dead”.

Threat  came from the same person who threatened to journalist Ana Lalic.

Threat was reported to Special Prosecutors Office for High-Tech Crime.