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A Jewish journalist was threatened with a gun by a Russian policeman in an anti-Semitic incident.
A police officer in the city of Angarsk, in the Irkutsk region, pointed a gun at Anna Gritsevich, a local TV journalist, then cursed at her and made anti-Semitic remarks, the Russian Jewish Web site Jewish.ru reported Tuesday.
The district prosecutor’s office said the incident is under investigation.
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