Threats against the lives and limbs, portal Maglocistac, Subotica, 04.09.2017.

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    Country SR
    Name and Surname Portal Maglocistac
    Gender Group
    Date 04/09/2017
    City / Location Subotica
    Type of incident Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists
    Type of media online
    Media name Maglocistac
    Source Maglocistac
    Judiciary status The case is ongoing before the Prosecutor Office.
    Was journalist`s association informed Yes
    What was journalists' association reaction IJAS condemned the death threats and required from state authorities to act in accordance with the law. Also, Regional Platform condemned the threats.
    Were authorities informed? Yes - Public

    Comments posted below the article on Subotica based Maglocistac web portal contain death threats to the newsroom members –  that they will be “slaughtered like rabbits” and that their “tonsils will be crushed by boots.”   The cause for the threats was the article “We are all Gosa workers, and all the rulers are Labans” published on 4th September that reports about death threats by Bogdan Laban, the Mayor of Subotica directed at one of his party colleagues.