SEEMO condemns attack on Montenegro correspondent

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On Oct. 4, Montenegro’s prime minister, Igor Luksic, was speaking to a group of supporters of the ruling party at a forum in Pljevlja, in northern Montenegro, when he said that there was no independent media in Montenegro, accusing two dailies, Vijesti and Dan, of allying with the opposition. Following the forum, the Vijesti correspondent from Pljevlja, Goran Malidzan, was verbally attacked and then allegedly punched in the back by a local politician. A former policeman intervened and allegedly told Malidzan: “I shall drink your blood one day.”