The editor in-chief of the north’s Ozgur Gazete newspaper, Pinar Barut, on Monday said that she has received death threats targeting both herself and her family, allegedly as part of an extortion attempt.
Barut was reportedly threatened that her home and workplace would be burned down and that her family members would be harmed. The perpetrators allegedly demanded one million USD “per person”, warning that otherwise “bullets will speak.”
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