Property damage, Sead Sadikovic, 01.04.2018, Bijelo Polje

TUMM •︎ 04/04/2018

Property damage, Sead Sadikovic, 01.04.2018, Bijelo Polje

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Sead Sadiković

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    TV Vijesti
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
  • Source of information about the incident
    mediji

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    01.04.2018
  • City
    Bijelo Polje
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    Naložio istragu
  • Court action
    Ilhan Pepić je osuđen na sedam, a Hilmija Pepić na četiri mjeseca zatvora.

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

On April 1, in Bijelo Polje, an explosive device was activated in front of family house of a journalist Sead Sadikovic. In the explosion, car that did not belong to Sadikovic and his family, was damaged.

Sadikovic said that the vehicle was parked in a place where he regularly, on a daily basis, parked his car.

On Monday, April 2, police identified and detained suspects, Ilhan and Hilmija Pepic from Rozaje. About twenty days later, the judge of the Basic Court in Bijelo Polje, Dragan Mrdak, pronounced the verdict against these two brothers for committing the criminal offense of “illegal possession of weapons and explosive materials” in an endangering of security. Ilhan is sentenced to seven, and Hilmija is sentenced to four months in prison.

According to the police, it is suspected that the motive for this attack was a defamation of family Pepic member, Husnija, with whom Sadikovic had an interview at the end of last year in his show “Without Borders”. In the show, Sadikovic presented Pepic’s Museum, whose owner is Husnija, in an unusual and satirical manner. The show raised great public interest.

Sadikovic claims that it is still necessary to find out who ordered the attack in this case.