Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists: Dino Durmić, Federalna televizija, Živinice, 04.06.2025.

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Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists: Dino Durmić, Federalna televizija, Živinice, 04.06.2025.

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  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Sarajevo
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Man
  • Victim(s) name
    Dino Durmić

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Federalna televizija - FTV
  • Type of media platform
    Television
  • Source of information about the incident
    Journalist

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    04.06.2025
  • City
    Živinice
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the police
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • 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

  • Police action
    It is expected that the police agency in Tuzla will forward the case to the relevant prosecutors' office.
  • Public prosecutor's action
    N/A
  • Court action
    N/A
  • 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

Dino Durmić, journalist of the Television of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FTV) – technical center in Tuzla, on 03.06.2025. has reported, within his regular activities, on an international police action of SIPA in the area of Živinice and Banovići, and, on the basis of the information he received officially and through his sources, as one of the suspects in the said action on organized crime, unauthorized traffic of illegal substances and elite prostitution, he mentioned Melisa Butković from Živinice, owner of flower shop “Seka”. The journalist took photos of the shop and photo of the owner from his colleagues and from her public FB profile. The report has been published, among other media, in the central news program on FTV, on 03.06.2025.

After Melisa Butković was released from custody, on 04.06.2025. she published on her and shop’s FB accounts, as well as on the journalist’s private FB account, a set of offenses and threats, mentioning lawsuits, his child, and similar. While her followers wrote that he has a head for shooting, that he should be beaten, kicked, etc.

The florist shop, the photo and the news were published by majority of media in BiH, since it was about an international police action.