A journalist from France 3 was injured on Saturday by a punch given to her camera during a report in a village in the Ardèche, according to the management of the channel which denounces an "
unbearable aggression
".
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The journalist from the Aubenas office was about to do an interview on the Vans market when a man intervened, shouting: "
Aren't you ashamed to answer them?"
», Then hit the camera which hit the journalist violently in the face, relates France 3. The attacker fled before being arrested by the gendarmes.
"
The information department of France Televisions, the management of the regional network of France 3 and the regional management of France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes strongly condemn this unbearable attack on a journalist in the exercise of his business to inform and will file a complaint,
”according to a statement.
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The France 3 team was reporting at Les Vans, a week after a festive gathering gathered 2000 people around a concert by the group HK and the Saltimbanks, whose song "
Danser encore
" has become a symbol of protest against health restrictions.
A new rally was announced on Saturday morning in Les Vans and the police had been mobilized in number by the prefecture of the department.