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A team of RTV Dukagjini, consisting of journalist Liridon Llozani and cameraman Diamant Maxharraj were physically attacked today while reporting in Pejton, Prishtina for the declaration of revenues at Tax Administration of Kosovo.

The owner of one of the bars where the team was shooting, at first tried to stop them from performing their duties, and then physically assaulted the cameraman, Maxharraj.

The team immediately called the Police, who arrested the perpetrator. Journalist and the cameraman also gave their statement at the police station regarding the incident.

AJK strongly condemns this physical attack, which further increases the insecurity of journalists in their daily work.

Reporter Details	Actual attacks on journalists, RTV Dukagjini, 21.02.2022, Pristina
Case description	A team of RTV Dukagjini, consisting of journalist Liridon Llozani and cameraman Diamant Maxharraj were physically attacked today while reporting in Pejton, Prishtina for the declaration of revenues at Tax Administration of Kosovo. The owner of one of the bars where the team was shooting, at first tried to stop them from performing their duties, and then physically assaulted the cameraman, Maxharraj. The team immediately called the Police, who arrested the perpetrator. Journalist and the cameraman also gave their statement at the police station regarding the incident.
State	Kosovo
Name and Surname	Liridon Llozani dhe Diamant Maxharraj
Gender	Group
Date	21.2.2022
City	Prishtinë
Type of Incident	Actual attacks on journalists
From who	To journalists by citizens
The Offender / Suspect
Type of media	Radio and Television
Media Name	RTV Dukagjini
Source	RTV Dukagjini
Public Prosecutor
Judiciary
Judiciary Status
Legal Closure
Has the Journalist Association been notified?	Yes
Has the incident been reported to the authorities?	Yes
Has the incident been reported to the XXX?
Associations Respond	AJK strongly condemns this physical attack, which further increases the insecurity of journalists in their daily work.