Wataru Sekita - Justice for Journalists

Wataru Sekita

Affiliated media: Asahi Shimbun, Video report

Incident date: December 31, 2022

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: от военных

Source: Committee to Protect Journalists

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

A Japanese journalist, a video reporter for the Japanese daily newspaper Asahi Shimbun, Wataru Sekita, was injured during Russian rocket attacks on Kyiv. A missile hit the hotel where the journalist was staying and wounded him in the leg.

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