Milan Pantić

Milan Pantić
Born (1954-12-18)December 18, 1954
Dragovo
Died June 11, 2001(2001-06-11) (aged 46)
Jagodina
Nationality Serbian
Occupation journalist

Milan Pantić (18 December 1954 - 11 June 2001) was a Serbian journalist who was killed by unknown people on 11 June 2001 in Jagodina.

Biography

Pantić worked as a journalist for Vecernje Novosti, reporting particularly on crimes and trials from Jagodina. He received telephone threats for articles he had written.[1][2]

Death

Milan Pantić was killed on 11 June 2001 before 8.00 AM near the entrance of the building when his apartment was by unknown assailants using a a sharp object. He has just been at a drugstore to buy some bread.[1][2]

The South East Europe Media Organisation condemned the murder and urged Yugoslav and Serbian authorities to identify and sentence the killers.[3]

In 2014 Stanko Kojic (who in 2013 was sentenced to 32 years for genocide in Srebrenica) was questioned over the murder. [4]

In 2016 the case was still unresolved and OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović urged Serbian authorities to intensify efforts to solve this and other murders of journalists.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Journalist Milan Pantic killed". Blic Online. Jagodina. 2001-06-12. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  2. 1 2 "Milan Pantic - Journalists Killed". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  3. "Murder of Milan Pantic - Yugoslavia". SEEMO. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  4. "Sarajevo: Suspect questioned over murder of journalist Milan Pantic". InSerbia News. 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  5. "On 15th anniversary of killing Milan Pantić, OSCE Representative urges authorities in Serbia to intensify efforts to solve murders of journalists". OSCE. 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-11-21.

See also

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