Property destruction, Stefan Cvetkovic, Bela Crkva, 30.01.2016.

IJAS •︎ 30/01/2016

Property destruction, Stefan Cvetkovic, Bela Crkva, 30.01.2016.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    RS
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    [:en]Stefan Cvetković[:]

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    [:en]Slobodni novinar[:]

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    30.01.2016
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Type of incident
    Actual attacks on journalists

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    Tužilaštvu nije podneta prijava niti izveštaju.

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

Deputy of the president of the Municipality Bela Crkva, Marjan Aleksic made a threat and broke the mobile phone to the journalist Stefan Cvetkovic. Witnesses said the incident occurred in a restaurant “Dunavski cvet” in Stara Palanka. According to them, Aleksic came to the table, where Cvetkovic was sitting with colleagues’ journalists from the production group “Mreza”, and verbally threatened him, but when he noticed that the Cvetkovic switched the phone to record threats Aleksic had smashed the display on the device.