Certain reporters had their physical safety threatened while covering the arrest. Prva Srpska Televizija TV journalist Zaklina Tatalovic was attacked by villagers in Lazarevo who disagreed with Mladic's extradition to The Hague, while she was reporting from outside the scene of his arrest.
Nekim novinarima bila je ugrožena fizička sigurnost dok su pokrivali uhićenje. dok je izvješćivala s mjesta na kojem je uhićen, novinarku Prve Srpske Televizije Žaklinu Tatalović napali su stanovnici sela Lazarevo koji su bili protiv Mladićeva izručenja u Haag.