Raajje TV looks to public for protection against new threats
30 Oct 2013, 7:56 PM
Daniel Bosley
Local television station Raajje TV is enlisting the public to boost its security after learning of further threats from political opponents.
“We have a book open to register their names,” CEO Yamin Rasheed. “We are finding citizens to protect us physically.”
The station’s headquarters were destroyed in an arson attack committed in spite of advance warnings communicated to police.
A group of masked men armed with machetes, iron rods and petrol set fire to the station’s main premises shortly before 4:45am on October 7, destroying its offices and control room as well as cameras, computer systems, broadcasting and transmission equipment.
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