Andrei Krakhmalev

Affiliated media: FreeNews-Volga, Cameraman

Incident date: February 28, 2018

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Saratov Oblast, Saratov

Additional information:

The man who attacked cameraman Andrei Krakhmalev said that he had asked journalists not to film him and "waved" at the camera with a shovel. The members of the film crew informed police that the aggressor and his partner had been notified before the attack that they were members of the media and had the right to film. The journalist was taken to hospital with the injury.