Alerts | Physical attack by public

Freelance photojournalist kicked and threatened covering Dutch anti-curfew riots

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A freelance press photographer working for daily newspaper Tubantia was hit and kicked in the shin when she was trapped and then confronted by rioters as she was covering riots against curfew measures imposed by the Dutch government. During the attack, one man tried to steal her camera and another called her a “cancer journalist”.

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