Country | SR |
Name and Surname | TV Valjevo plus |
Gender | Group Predrag Lucic and Vasilije Ristovic |
Date | 18/04/2017 |
City / Location | Valjevo |
Type of incident | Actual attacks on journalists |
Type of media | Radio and television |
Media name | TV Valjevo plus |
Source | TV Valjevo plus |
Public prosecutor | The public prosecutor dismissed a criminal complaint due to fulfills the obligation by the suspect, prescribed in accordance with Article 238 of the Criminal Procedure Code. |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
What was journalists' association reaction | IJAS has publicly condemned the attack and demanded that the perpetrators be punished in accordance with the Criminal Code. |
Chief Editor of TV Valjevo Plus Predrag Lucic and cameraman Vasilije Ristovic in a village Prijezdic near Valjevo, was physically attacked by a group of unknown persons while they were doing their job. According to Lucic, he and cameraman Ristovic went to the field to check the complaints of villagers Mratisic and Prijezdic that their two adjacent quarry destroyed roads and contaminated the environment. “We went to the quarry of villages Prijezdic, where they attacked us from all sides. They jumped at the cameraman, take the camera and remove the battery from it. When I intervened, they hit me with his hand in the back, there were curses and threats. There were five or six peoples, “said Lucic.