Threats against media outlets and organizations, Antena M, Podgorica, 26.05.2021.

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    Country MN
    Name and Surname Antena M
    Gender Group
    Date 26/05/2021
    City / Location Podgorica
    Type of incident Threats against media outlets and organizations
    By whom To journalists by citizens
    Type of media online
    Media name Antena M
    Was journalist`s association informed Yes
    What was journalists' association reaction SMCG strongly condemned this attack.
    Were authorities informed? Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office

    On May 26, the editor-in-chief of Antena M, Darko Sukovic, and the editorial office received open death threats via social network Facebook from an account called Marko Aprcovic.

    “You are also on the list, Sukovic. Just so you know. I’m just going to kidnap you and torture you for hours. I’ll drop the bomb on you there. Marko Aprcovic, with his head and beard”, he wrote in the message that arrived on the official Facebook page of Antena M.

    In the Basic State Prosecutor’s Office in Kotor, a case was formed against S.M. for the criminal offense of endangering security, and by the verdict of the Basic Court in Kotor he was sentenced to a suspended sentence of four months in prison. The verdict has not yet become final.