In Berlin, an ARD camera team was attacked during a demonstration against corona restrictions. The police arrested the demonstrator but released him on Thursday.
- An ARD camera team was attacked during a demonstration against the Corona * restrictions in Berlin .
- The police arrested the demonstrator but released him on Thursday.
- Only recently there was an attack on the team of the "zdf-heute-show".
Update from May 7: The man who is said to have attacked an ARD camera team during corona protests in Berlin is apparently at large again. The man was released after police operations were completed, a police spokesman said on Thursday. A criminal complaint has been filed against the 46-year-old for assault.
The man is said to have tried to kick the sound assistant of the ARD camera team , but only hit the microphone rod. This then hit the head of the cameraman.
According to the police, the attacker had tried to escape, but was then arrested.
A video of the incident is currently circulating on Twitter. It can be seen how the alleged perpetrator separates and kicks from the crowd. Some protesters shouted "lie press".
A few days after the attack on a ZDF team, an ARD camera team was attacked during a demonstration in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin.
The attacker was arrested. Journalists have been hostile to "lies press" calls several times. pic.twitter.com/mtUtT8XB1d
Protester attacks ARD camera team - station becomes clear: "disgusting"
First report from May 6, 2020:
Berlin - At an unauthorized demonstration against the corona restrictions * in Berlin, according to the ARD, a sound assistant of the capital's studio was kicked by a participant.
ARD camera team is attacked - police arrest protesters
The demonstrator "spontaneously detached itself from the crowd", as the ARD capital studio announced on Wednesday evening. The Berlin police reacted immediately and arrested the attacker. "Cameraman and sound assistants are doing well," says the ARD.
The Berlin police had previously announced that a demonstrator had attacked an ARD camera team and was subsequently arrested. The head of the ARD capital's studio, Tina Hasse 1, spoke up on Wednesday evening via Twitter and expressed her disgust at attacks of this type: “Fortunately, our team is doing well, but such attacks against the press are disgusting! ARD team was attacked ”.
Fortunately, our team is doing well, but such attacks against the #press are disgusting! #ARD team was attacked # b0605 https://t.co/xRZruDUkv4
- Tina Hassel (@TinaHassel) May 6, 2020Corona virus in Germany: demonstration in Berlin
According to a police spokeswoman, 350 to 400 people had gathered in front of the Reichstag building. They apparently followed a call on social media . Because of the corona pandemic *, demos with up to 50 participants are currently allowed in Berlin.
Police officers had sought the conversation and pointed out the distance rules, said a police spokeswoman. "Forces called several times personally and over loudspeakers to the people to leave the place and finally dissolved the accumulation," tweeted the police.
A team from the ZDF satellite broadcast “heute-show” had already been attacked in Berlin on May 1st. It was in a demonstration against the Corona rules * on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz. After that, the camera team was attacked by a group of hooded offenders. According to the ZDF, six people were injured and had to be taken to the hospital.
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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