Affiliated media: Georgian Public Broadcasting, Camera crew

Incident date: May 17, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Netgazeti.ge

Location: Georgia, Dmanisi, Kvemo Kartli region

Additional information:

During the interethnic clashes in Dmanisi (Kvemo Kartli region), the Georgian Public Broadcasting camera crew was attacked. A car of the TV crew was damaged. There was a police cordon and a bus on the road. As seen in the footage broadcasted on television, the car first broke through the cordon, then stopped, after which aggressive people approached the car, attacked it, damaged it, and smashed the windows. As a result, journalists of the film crew were also beaten.