| Country | BH |
| Name and Surname | Vladimir Kovačević |
| Gender | Male |
| Date | 26/08/2018 |
| City / Location | Banja Luka |
| Type of incident | Actual attacks on journalists |
| By whom | To journalists by citizens |
| Type of media | Radio and television |
| Media name | BN TV |
| Source | BN TV |
| Article and legislation violated (nationally) | Criminal Code of RS, Article 156 |
| Public prosecutor | Investigation |
| Was journalist`s association informed | No |
| What was journalists' association reaction | BHJA and FMHL published a PR, and wrote an official letter to the Ministry of Inertial Affairs requesting information on the case circumcises and the investigation progress. We are waiting for the response, and following up with the case. |
26th of August, two masked persons waited for Kovačević in front of the building he lives in, attacked him with telescoping metal poles and inflicted him heavy bodily injury.
Kovačević was attacked shortly after he has sent his reports from the city – demonstrations held in Banja Luka, where the group “Justice for David” (a group of citizen struggling to uncover the truth about the murder of a young student from Baanja Lulla David Dragičević) is gathered daily, and after a serial of verbal attacks and political pressures on journalists from BN by public officials in this entity.
