Vucevic condemns death threats to Tanjug journalists

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic on Tuesday condemned death threats to Tanjug journalists and noted that he expected the relevant state authorities to establish all facts and prosecute the perpetrators as soon as possible.

"The threats to journalists of the Tanjug agency deserve the strongest condemnation and I expect the relevant state authorities to establish all facts in connection with the case and prosecute the perpetrators in the shortest possible period of time. It is impermissible for someone to attempt to threaten the safety of journalists and to prevent them from doing their job through brutal threats and we, as a society, must fight strongly for zero tolerance for any form of violence," Vucevic said in a statement.

On Monday evening, Tanjug received an email signed by an individual named "Trim Bardhi" that said Tanjug journalists would get "a bullet to the back of their heads" the next time they set foot in the territory of Serbia's Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija.

In a comment, Serbian Minister of Information and Telecommunications Dejan Ristic said on Tuesday the threat had been emailed from Albanian territory and that it was the most serious one a Serbian media outlet had received in years.