Ihor Koltunov

Affiliated media: 1+1, Journalist

Incident date: April 21, 2018

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: TSN

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

Unknown men, who identified themselves as security guards, were obstructing the shooting of a TV program. They were trying to knock off the smartphone out of the journalist's hands. Later they were joined by a man who identified himself as a chief of the elite town. He grabbed the cameraman and the journalist by their throats and started strangling them. The journalists managed to film the assault and later published the video of the attack.