The fact, that something like that happened is not really deniable. However, that doesn't stop the editors from going the extra mile to make the story sound interesting and hyperboled to the point where it is simply stupid.
There's also weird shit in every country, just as every country is prone to over reacting in ways which are hard to justify. Hell, if you take America, just a few days ago a guy wrote a few slogans with chalk on a sidewalk besides a bank. He now faces 13 year of jail time. It's really not hard to blow this story way out of proportion by keeping certain pieces of the information to oneself and not the reader.