Serbia's state prosecutor has filed charges against six football
hooligans for chanting death threats against an independent TV
journalist during a Europa League match.
Thousands chanted threats and insults at B92 reporter
Brankica Stankovic during a match in December between Partizan
Belgrade and Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk. They also tossed
around and punctured an inflatable rubber effigy of her.
A recent TV documentary by Stankovic found that Serbian
football fan leaders and their groups are suspected of serious
crimes, including drug trafficking and murder, yet remain free.
Tomo Zoric, spokesman for the prosecutor, said Tuesday the
six are charged with violent behavior and threatening the safety of
the journalist.
Partizan Belgrade fans were also behind the fatal beating
last September of a French Toulouse fan in the Serbian capital.
