Icelander believed to be spy by Islamic State

"They didn't say directly that they wanted to kill me but when they started publishing my name I got a bit scared," says Gunnar Hrafn Jónsson, journalist at national radio, RÚV to mbl.is after disclosing on Facebook last night that he'd been put on the Islamic state's hit list. 

Jónsson was put on the list around one year ago when around 20 members of the Islamic State distributed his name on the internet and incited attacks on his person. 

According to Jónsson, what lead up to this happening was that he'd been doing a lot of research on the Islamic state after videos were published on the net by the organisation featuring footage of Icelandic nature. Jónsson had found several members of the Islamic State on Twitter and obtained information on their movements, including Iraq. 

"I asked some careless questions and they blocked me. And one night these guys started publicizing my name on Facebook saying that I was a NATO spy living in Iceland."

"They became convinced that I was a spy. I tried to point out to them that I was a journalist. I spoke to two or three of them in private messages. One of them was in Turkey and asked me to come over. Wanted me to do reports there. He was going to get me across the border to Syria. But after the threats started I didn't have the courage to go. This isn't really a big deal, a lot of people have the same experience that I had.  I guess I got a bit too close for comfort for them."