Serbia's weekly NIN editor targeted on Twitter, MUP starts investigation

They asked the authorities to discover the identity of the social network account 'Auto-chauvinism, the leader of the noble Dzender Zaharijevic @ auto-chauvinism,' and who posted the tweet which, as they said were "calls for the lynching and murder" of Malisic.

"The NIN editors expect MUP and the Prosecutor's Office for High-Tech Crime to investigate the whole case as soon as possible, using legal powers and regulations. We expect domestic and international journalists' associations to react," the statement said.

Serbia's Interior Ministry (MUP) said on Wednesday it, together with Prosecutors for High-Tech Crime, launched an intensive investigation into the threats to Malisic to identify a person who posted the tweet. It supported Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin suggestion to abolish the anonymity on social networks.

NIN editors, Tthe Association of Serbia's Journalists (UNS) and the Independent Association of Serbia's Journalists (NUNS) were first to condemn the threat.