Murder of Serbian journalist Milan Pantić: 22 years of impunity
Cenzolovka 14.06.2023
On Monday morning, June 11, 2001, around 7:30 a.m., journalist Milan Pantić, a correspondent for Večernje Novosti in Jagodina, a small town in Serbia, was killed with three brutal blows to the head. The journalist, known for his objective and uncompromising articles on criminal affairs and corporate corruption, was just returning from the grocery store. In his hand, he was holding a loaf of bread.
Serbian journalist Milan Pantić. Credit: Family personal archive. That gruesome picture at the entrance to the building in Branko Radičević Street, the body of Milan Pantić motionless in a pool of blood and a loaf of bread next to his head, is a tragic picture of a humble journalist who was doing his job in the most honest way and whose life was brutally taken away because he uncovered “uncomfortable” truths. June 11, 2023 marks the anniversary of 22 years of a
