A THREAT by loyalist paramilitaries against a journalist has been condemned as "outrageous".
The breakaway South East Antrim UDA is being linked to the latest threat, following a spate of similar incidents earlier this year.
The threat was made against a Belfast Telegraph and Sunday Life journalist.
It has been condemned by the editor-in-chief of the Belfast Telegraph and Sunday Life, Eoin Brannigan.
"This is the second time this year we've had our journalists threatened in this manner," he said.
"It is outrageous that thugs are once again trying to silence a journalist doing their job. We are reassured that the PSNI is taking this threat very seriously."
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) also strongly condemned the threat and said it would not deter journalists from their work.
"We unreservedly condemn this latest threat, which we understand comes from a loyalist terrorist group. Yet again a journalist is faced with threats simply for doing their job," said Seamus Dooley, NUJ assistant general secretary.
"Earlier this year, the NUJ, media organisations, political parties, trade union groups and a cross-section of business and community groups united in support of reporters under threat from so-called paramilitary groups.Threats and intimidation have no place in Northern Ireland and journalists will not buckle in the face of these tactics."
In May, similar threats were carried out against reporters working for two Belfast-based newspapers.
Several reporters working for the Sunday Life and Sunday World were visited by police officers, with warnings of imminent attacks by the South East Antrim UDA - a breakaway UDA group.
At least one journalist was told of a planned under-car booby trap attack.
