Rio Olympics: German reporter gets police protection after doping revelations
By Ana Ribeiro
Hajo Seppelt’s continuing investigation into athletes’ doping practices has posed a potential danger to him during the Olympics in Brazil. The journalist, who works for German broadcaster ARD, has confirmed to Deutsche Welle that he has been “under the protection of two members of the elite troop of Rio de Janeiro's military police.”
Screenshot from Hajo Seppelt's website, http://hajoseppelt.de.
“The 53-year-old reporter has received an increasing number of threats - sometimes delivered via Twitter and YouTube - from Russia but more recently from Kenya,” according to the same Deutsche Welle report. Seppelt is very active…