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Calling for the arrest of Teofil Pančić’s attackers
Wednesday, 25 August 2010 13:18

altHuman rights organizations condemn the attack on journalist Teofil Pančić and demand that the police and prosecution promptly discover the attackers and bring them to justice. Teofila Pančić, a columnist for the weekly Time magazine, was brutally attacked on the 24th of July at around 11 pm on a bus in Zemun. Two young men with hoods over their heads came on the bus after Pančić then, in full sight of the other passengers, attacked him with metal bars causing him head contusions and injuries to his right arm. After unsuccessfully attempting to overcome him, the attackers fled towards the centre of Zemun.

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