Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists, Hrvoje Bajlo, Zadar, 19.10.2017.

Translations: Zagreb 

• Case info

• Personal info

• Regional center

  Zagreb
• Gender

  Male
• Victim(s) name

  Hrvoje Bajlo

• Media outlet

• Name of the media outlet

  Index.hr
• Type of media platform

  Online Media
  
• Source of information about the incident

  Novinar

• Incident Data

• Date of incident

  19.10.2017
• City

  Zadar
• 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

Index.hr journalist Hrvoje Bajlo received on October 19, 2017 at 00:31 a threatening email. The email said “watch out for yudex affairs” and “why do you write about mario pešut let him go it is better for you justice comes”. The e-mail was sent form the address [email protected]. That same night, at 5:15 in the morning, someone knocked on the window of Bajlo’s room, which was on the ground floor of the family house, what disturbed him. Bajlo reported the threat ti the police on October 19. A day before the threat, Bajlo published an article about the family violence of the HDZ Chief of Health and Social Care of the City of Zadar, Mario Pešut. A week later, on October 26, 2017, Bajlo again received a threatening e-mail from the same address, [email protected], which said: “same again you are sending emails to the mayor again leave him you and your yugoportal you will have problems and darkness will swallow you”. He also  reported this threat to the police and also pointed out that the person who wrote threats has the knowledge of the mayor’s emails.