On July 11 this year, the N1 newsroom received a threatening letter by mail, in which the sender “reminded” us of the attack on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, during which 12 employees were killed. More than three months later, it is still unknown who was responsible, and the prosecutor’s office has not responded to N1’s inquiries. On the other hand, the Ministry of Interior (MUP) swiftly, in just one day, resolved the case of a letter containing three bullets sent to Minister Ivica Dacic.
The letter addressed to the N1 newsroom was sent from Post Office 11118, located at Maksima Gorkog Street 89 in Belgrade. The author, who describes himself as a “sincere Serbian patriot,” wrote with a “request” that we stop “the anti-Serbian campaign and inciting propaganda, as it offends the patriotic feelings of the Serbian people.”
“If you feel uncomfortable here or unhappy being born as Serbs (the patriot wrote ‘Serbs’ with a lowercase ‘s’, editor’s note) rather than as some of the ‘gifted ones’, you can freely change your name, surname, place of residence, religion, etc.,” the letter stated.
The letter, full of grammatical and spelling errors, also included a comparison with the Charlie Hebdo attack.
That same day, police officers accompanied by forensic experts came to our television station and took the letter. However, three and a half months later, it remains unknown who threatened N1 journalists.
From the Standing Working Group for the Safety of Journalists, N1 was informed that as of the end of September, according to a report from the Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office, interviews were conducted with five journalists representing TV N1, an order was issued to create DNA profiles from the enclosed paper cuttings that were part of the letter sent to the newsroom, and that a police report is awaited regarding the order to obtain video footage to identify the person who sent the letter. They also stated that a record from the NCKF (National Center for Criminal Forensics) regarding the examination of the biological traces in question was submitted.
The N1 portal newsroom contacted the competent prosecutor’s office twice this week seeking information about the case, but received no response.
How swiftly state institutions can resolve similar cases—when there is the will to do so—is shown by the example of the letter containing three bullets that arrived at the Serbian government on August 28, 2025, addressed to Minister of Interior Ivica Dacic.
Just one day later, the Ministry of Interior announced that it had determined that the parcel in question had been mailed on August 26, 2025, from a branch of the Serbian Post in Pozarevac, and that the police had identified and located the person who sent it.
“Further work to establish all the circumstances of the incident is ongoing. The Ministry of Interior is taking all legally prescribed measures and actions to protect the safety of citizens and institutions of the Republic of Serbia,” the Ministry stated at the time.
Source: N1
