Country | MN |
Name and Surname | Natalija Mrdak |
Gender | Female |
Date | 19/05/2020 |
City / Location | Podgorica |
Type of incident | Other threats to journalists |
By whom | To journalists by citizens |
Name of the perpetrator | D.P. |
Type of media | |
Media name | Dan |
Source | dan.co.me |
Public prosecutor | The prosecutor hasn't given the statement about the case. |
Legal closure | Ongoing (or case not closed) |
Judiciary status | The trail has started. |
Was journalist`s association informed | No |
Were authorities informed? | Case was reported to the police Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office |
Journalist of daily “Dan”, Natalija Mrdak, received threats via social networks.
The case was reported to the police who identified D.P. and filed a criminal complaint due to the existence of a well-founded suspicion that she had committed the criminal offense of endangering security.
“It is suspected that this person, through a social network, using a profile under a false name, sent a private message with threatening content to the journalist N. M. Also, the DP sent several insulting comments from other false profiles. Intensively working, police identified the suspect and filed a criminal complaint with the competent prosecutor”, the police said.