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Brutal Beating Of Independent Bosnian Serb Journalist Sparks Outrage

Several hundred people on August 27 gathered in the center of Banja Luka in Bosnia-Herzegovina’s predominantly Serb entity to protest against an attack on a reporter.

The demonstrators, who included journalists, opposition supporters, and activists, urged police to quickly find those responsible for the assault against Vladimir Kovacevic of the independent Bosnian Serb television station BNTV.

Kovacevic said two men beat him with metal bars late on August 26 as he was coming home after reporting from an antigovernment protest in Banja Luka, the administrative center of Republika Srpska.

Read more at: https://www.rferl.org/a/beating-of-bosnian-serb-journalist-sparks-outrage/29455986.html

Serbian press coverage: https://www.b92.net/eng/news/world.php?yyyy=2018&mm=08&dd=29&nav_id=104954