ASSAULTED "ARAVOT" CORRESPONDENT
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01:46 am | June 01, 2009
Politics
The young man with the nickname "Boko from Noragyugh" assaulted
correspondent of "Aravot" daily Nelly Grigoryan, pushed her around,
used swear words, threatened her and left in an unknown direction
with the journalist’s camera.
The incident took place at the 7/25 polling station located at the
Daniel Varuzhan school when the journalist witnessed how Boko was
threatening the ANC proxy.
"That boy had held the ANC proxy against the wall and was convincing
the proxy that he was from the opposition and that he wanted to have
a couple of words with her. In other words, he was trying to take
her out of the polling station. When I entered the polling station,
I had the camera in my hand. I tried to take shots, but that boy saw
me, left the proxy, grabbed me by the shoulders and started pushing
me around. All the while he was screaming "who are you and who let
you tape this."
According to the journalist, nobody from the polling station
interfered. There were a couple of boys at the polling station who
ran in the direction of Boko after the journalist said that her work
had been interrupted.
"They returned with the camera, but the memory chip was gone," said
Nelly Grigoryan.
A report was drawn up regarding the incident, but the electoral
commission president refused to sign it.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
