Alexander Mazur

Affiliated media: Schemes, Cameraman

Incident date: October 4, 2021

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: World Today News

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

The Schemes camera crew was attacked in the state bank Ukreximbank while recording the interview with the chairman of the board of this financial institution Yevhen Metsger in his office. Metsger did not like one of the journalists' questions, after which he asked the guards to «snatch the cameras» and «take out the tapes». The bank employees physically assaulted the cameraman of the Scheme Alexander Mazur, snatched two cameras from him, took away the flash drives on which the recording was made, and deleted the recorded footage.