Oleksandr Matvienko

Affiliated media: Dilovyi Pereyaslav, Journalist

Incident date: January 31, 2019

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Dilovyi.info

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Pereyaslav- Kmelnytskyi

Additional information:

A city council lawmaker attacked the journalist. He ambushed and attacked the journalist during a break of a city counsil session. He also humiliated the journalist. As the result, Matvienko had hypertensic crisis. Ambulance took him away and drove him to a hospital rigth from the session hall.