A correspondent of the Russian Sputnik agency was wounded by US police bullets in the vicinity of the White House

Washington-Sana

Sputnik, a Russian correspondent, was wounded after US police fired rubber bullets at her while covering the protests around the White House, despite her reporting card.

And Russian news agency Sputnik quoted Russell as saying that the US police shot her several times while covering the protests against the death of African American citizen George Floyd, despite repeatedly saying that she is an official journalist.

Russell confirmed that she showed the press card to the police, adding, "They were shooting at us with tear gas when I was in the vicinity of the White House to cover the ongoing protests. When the police started shooting at the demonstrators and approached to get clips of what was happening, they shot rubber bullets."

Russell explained that when she started bleeding, a policeman in riot gear pushed her to the ground and fixed it, and she only got up when a protester helped her while urging her to get up quickly to escape.

It is noteworthy that while the demonstrations in the United States of America are accelerating and expanding in protest against the killing of George Floyd, an African American at the hands of the police in Minneapolis, Minnesota, reports published showed the size of the brutality of these police officers and their repression of journalists and the media in a country that claims democracy and the defense of freedom of opinion And expression.