Anadolu journalist Turgot Alp Boiraz and two photographers were attacked while doing their job • Boiraz for Israel Today: "We came to present a story, and we became a story ourselves"
The attacked vehicle
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Anadolu Agency
An ultra-Orthodox group in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem today (Wednesday) attacked a team of the Turkish government news agency Anadolu.
Those attacked are Anadolu's Middle East editor, Turgot Alp Boiraz, and the photographers, Fayez Abu-Rumiela and Mustafa Harouf.
The attackers smashed the car windows, cut off the license plate and threw feces and stones at the vehicle.
Afterwards, police forces arrived at the scene.
According to the team, the ultra-Orthodox also attacked them with sticks.
The three, who were not injured, filed a complaint with the police.
Journalist vehicle attacked in Mea Shearim / Photo: Anadolu Agency
"We came to present a story and turned it into a story ourselves," Boiraz told Israel Today. "In English and some in Hebrew, and most of them were very nice."
He said, "We parked the car, toured the neighborhood and then a man passed by and asked us 'Are you journalists?'
"And we said, 'Yes.'
