Affiliated media: Life09 , Information Agency

Incident date: July 19, 2020

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: TengriNews.kz

Location: Kazakhstan, Karaganda Region, Karaganda

Additional information:

In Karaganda, patrons of a night club who had violated the quarantine regimen attacked journalists during a raid of police officials, the akimat (local government) and public health inspectors. A television camera of the news channel Life09 was damaged. “There were mainly young people from 18-22 years old there. Many were behaving aggressively. They obstructed the video filming and swore at camera people. One of the intoxicated young men broke our equipment with his fist, and another one pushed me. Unfortunately, the last fact was not caught on the video since I stood somewhat at a distance from the camera people,” said Ayazhan Kenesbek, journalist from the news agency Life09.