Lebanese Journalist Received Facebook Threats in 'Boro

May 11, 2015 at 02:27 pm by bryan


A Lebanese journalist, who calls Murfreesboro home, reported to police a threat against his life from Facebook. The 41-year old man, whose name and address we aren't releasing due to the nature of the incident, reported receiving the threat, in Arabic, Saturday night around 8:30. The post from a fake Facebook account said an Islamic extremist group was going to cut his head off. The victim told Murfreesboro Police Officer Cory Schalburg the group was mad at him for his reporting and YouTube video on religion. He also stated about a year ago, a friend of his received the same message on Facebook and was shot 21-times. A special watch was established for the man's residence.

MPD Incident Report #15-9172

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