Alerts | Verbal attack or intimidation by public (non online)

N1 TV crew insulted and threatened over protective masks

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A reporter and camera operator for N1 Croatia were subjected to threats and serious insults as they tried to record an interview about COVID-19 with a disease specialist in the capital Zagreb. Two individuals began harassing them for not wearing masks, despite the fact that the journalists were working within the social distancing rules outlined by the government.

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