th<\/sup> June.<\/h2>\n– A police officer struck with his truncheon Jovan Pavlovi\u0107<\/strong>, an assistant camera operator from Television N1, who at the time was lying on the ground wearing a yellow press vest and who identified himself as a journalist. The blows caused him to receive bruises to his shoulder and arm.<\/p>\n– Darko Pavlovi\u0107<\/strong>, a camera operator of agency FoNet, was struck several times in the back by police with a truncheon and sprayed with pepper spray.<\/p>\n– a second camera operator of agency FoNet, Zoran Drekalovi\u0107<\/strong>, was struck by police with a truncheon on the hand in which he was holding his camera, after which he was knocked him to the ground with a shield.<\/p>\n– When Vojin Radovanovi\u0107<\/strong>, a journalist of daily newspaper Danas, attempted to record the arrest, a plainclothes member of the Gendarmerie shoved him and grabbed his arm, only to kick him as he started to distance himself from the incident.<\/p>\n– A female journalist of weekly news magazine Vreme was ejected from the entranceway of a building where she\u2019d taken refuge together with protesters. A plainclothes police officers forbade her from filming, saying: \u201cI\u2019m not interested that you\u2019re a journalist\u201d.<\/p>\n
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