Srebrenica Mayor Mladen Grujicic called Srebrenica journalist Marinko Sekulic Kokeza, a correspondent of Deutsche Welle, N1 and other international media, on Sunday evening, threatening and cursing at him.

“He called me via [Facebook] Messenger and started cursing and threatening me by saying I will remember him. I didn’t enter into an argument with him. I didn't respond to his words. I take these threats seriously,” Sekulic said briefly, noting that he then called the police and reported the threats and asked for protection.

The Srebrenica Police Administration told N1 that the report has been received and that they will act on the report in the coming period.

Sekulic believes that the reason for the threats is that he shared a text of a news portal on his Facebook profile, in connection with Grujicic.

Marinko Sekulic is a journalist who returned to Srebrenica with his family in the early 2000s, where he still lives today with his wife Nermina. He worked for numerous domestic and international media, including the radio of the Municipality of Srebrenica until his retirement. He is currently a correspondent for Deutsche Welle and N1.