Montenegrin reporter investigating cigarette smuggling shot

Lakic's condition is not life-threatening, her doctors have said.

The incident happened at the entrance to the apartment building where Lakic lives - the same spot where the reporter was brutally beaten six years ago.

According to Vijesti editor-in-chief Mihailo Jovovic, Lakic said she was approached by a man who shot her in the leg, and that she saw two more men "running away."

Jovovic also stressed than none of the cases involving attacks against Lakic have been solved so far.

"For how long will this be happening in our wonderful Montenegro? Many stories that she wrote, that point to criminal activity, have not been investigated at all. For how long will we fear such cowards?," Jovovic asked.

Lakic is receiving medical treatment in the Clinical Center of Montenegro. Beside a large number of her colleagues from various media outlets who gathered in front of the clinic, Supreme State Prosecutor Ivica Stankovic was also there, who said his office would coordinate with the police and "do everything" to find the attackers.

Acting Montenegrin Police Director Vesko Damjanovic condemned the attack and said he would "do everything" to find the perpetrator, adding that an investigation was under way.

"You can kill us all"

The Vijesti newspaper announced that Lakic was writing about cigarette smuggling during the past several months - a topic she had also covered in the past.

"In early 2011 she investigated whether fake cigarette brands were being manufactured, stored, and smuggled from the Tara factory in Mojkovac and its storage facility in Donja Gorica. Her articles stated that officials of the police and of the Agency for National Security were connected to this illegal business....