Affiliated media: 78, Camera crew

Incident date: September 18, 2018

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Additional information:

Standing at the entrance to a school, reporters asked for an interview from the headmaster. A separate school employee, accompanied by a private security officer, came out onto the porch. These two men then attacked the camera crew, breaking the camera’s microphone and lens shade. Holding back the reporters, they called the National Guard through an emergency signal. According to the school’s staff, the TV reporters were hitting children.