Maria Semenyachenko

Affiliated media: REN-TV, Journalist

Incident date: November 19, 2017

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: The Moscow Times

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

REN TV journalist Maria Semenyachenko was attacked while filming a story about a fire in Moscow. The correspondent for the programme "Ekstrenniy Vizov 112” (Emergency Call 112) was preparing a report on the fire, which occurred in a shooting club in the west of the capital. She was attacked by a security guard who punched her in the face and broke her mobile phone.