Actual attacks on journalists, Adi Bebanic, Sarajevo, 08.09.2019.

Translations: Sarajevo 

• Case info

• Personal info

• Regional center

  Sarajevo
• Gender

  Male
• Victim(s) name

  Adi Bebanić

• Media outlet

• Name of the media outlet

  N1
• Type of media platform

  Radio
  

• Incident Data

• Date of incident

  08.09.2019
• City

  Sarajevo
• Perpetrator(s)

  Not known
• Attacked by

  (ordinary) citizens
  
• Type of incident

  Actual attacks on journalists

• Action by the authorities

• Action taken by the journalists' association

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

  Yes

Adi Bebanic, a N1 television reporter, was physically assaulted on September 8, 2019, during a coverage of a rally in the Sarajevo neighborhood of Ciglane, before the beginning of Pride Parade.

The Free Media Help Line has asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Canton Sarajevo about the incident. We received a response that a police officer had received a report of an attack on Adi Bebanic via a field officer.

Subsequently, N1 Television filed a criminal complaint against the NN offender. The Free Media Help Line submitted a request for information on the case to the Sarajevo Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office. According to the latest information, the attacker on Bebanic has not yet been identified.