A journalist from France Télévisions was assaulted on Sunday in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray while covering the aftermath of a shooting that occurred the day before in this city of the Rouen metropolitan area (Seine-Maritime), reports this Tuesday, August 17 the National Union of Journalists (SNJ).
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The journalist from France 3 Rouen "
was cowardly assaulted during a filming
", described the SNJ in a press release. "
He received a blow to the back of the neck as he was about to record
." He left the scene immediately with the image reporter journalist (JRI) accompanying him. "
Very slightly injured
", the journalist filed a complaint Tuesday morning in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, AFP learned from a source close to the investigation who confirmed that the attack took place on Sunday.
The day before, around 7.45 p.m., two men on motorcycles had stopped in a street and had fired in the direction of an individual, hit in particular in the head.
They also made another victim, injured in the back, before setting off again on a motorcycle.
The two injured were taken to the University Hospital Center (CHU) in Rouen and the case was referred to the Judicial Police (PJ).
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Authors linked to anti-health pass demonstrations?
"
The team [of journalists, Editor's note] victim of this attack had already suffered multiple insults the day before during an anti-health pass demonstration
", underlines the SNJ according to which "
for a few years, the shooting conditions have hardened, journalists are attacked, physically or verbally
”.
France 3 also saw the walls of its station in Caen tagged while its occupants were insulted by the demonstrators on Saturday.
Several journalists have suffered physical or verbal attacks since the start of the mobilization against the health pass which brings together every Saturday, in the middle of summer, hundreds of thousands of people (214,845 last Saturday, 237,000 the previous one).
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BFMTV and Agence France Presse (AFP) in Paris, France 2 in Marseille, local media such as Radio BIP / Media 25 in Besançon,
L'Est Républicain, Le Dauphiné Libéré
or the premises of France Bleu: the phenomenon seems to affect everyone the actors of the profession.
“
The right to information remains an intangible principle of our democracy and we will always be alongside our colleagues
,” insisted the SNJ.
