Attacks on media outlets and organizations, RTK, Pristina, 22.08.2016

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    Country KO
    Name and Surname [:en]RTK[:]
    Gender Group [:en]Radiotelevision of Kosovo employee's[:]
    Date 22/08/2016
    City / Location [:en]Pristina[:]
    Type of incident Attacks on media outlets and organizations
    By whom To journalists by citizens
    Media name [:en]Radiotelevision of Kosovo[:]
    Source [:en]RTK[:]
    Legal closure Perpatrator is convicted
    Was journalist`s association informed Yes
    What was journalists' association reaction [:en]AJK condemns this criminal attack and it should be sanctioned. Fellow journalists could have been hurt, while some of them were working during the time of explosion. Luckily no one was hurt. [:]
    Were authorities informed? Yes - Police

    The public broadcaster, the Radiotelevision of Kosovo was attacked by a hand grenade. Two attacks against the public broadcaster marked this year as the most violent cases against media and journalists. On August 22nd, 2016, a hand grenade exploded near the building of the RTK. The attacks occurred during the high political tensions in the country.