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A film crew from Channel Nine’s 60 Minutes program have been attacked in Sweden by a “group of masked men” while filming a story about the European migrant crisis.
The team, which included the Nine Network’s veteran reporter Liz Hayes, were visiting the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby when a group of young men circled the film crew and ran over a cameraman’s foot and injured one of their producers.
Swedish media outlet Avpixlats, which had partnered with 60 Minutes to film the story, reported that before they reached Rinkeby, a man approached them and asked why they were there. He then deliberately drove over the cameraman’s foot.
Jan Sjunnesson, a reporter with Avpixlats, reported that six police officers arrived to protect the crew, which included three photographers, a cameraman, producer and Hayes, as well as Avpixlats employees …
But when police disappeared from sight, Sjunnesson said a group of “young African masked men” surrounded them.
A bottle was thrown at a camera, and a photographer “was beaten right across the chin so that a tooth [came] loose,” Sjunnesson wrote.
The film crew left Rinkeby immediately, telling Avpixlats that they had never encountered hostility even when filming in Iraq, Syria and Somalia.
Daily Telegraph Tim Blair Blog
The team, which included the Nine Network’s veteran reporter Liz Hayes, were visiting the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby when a group of young men circled the film crew and ran over a cameraman’s foot and injured one of their producers.
Swedish media outlet Avpixlats, which had partnered with 60 Minutes to film the story, reported that before they reached Rinkeby, a man approached them and asked why they were there. He then deliberately drove over the cameraman’s foot.
Jan Sjunnesson, a reporter with Avpixlats, reported that six police officers arrived to protect the crew, which included three photographers, a cameraman, producer and Hayes, as well as Avpixlats employees …
But when police disappeared from sight, Sjunnesson said a group of “young African masked men” surrounded them.
A bottle was thrown at a camera, and a photographer “was beaten right across the chin so that a tooth [came] loose,” Sjunnesson wrote.
The film crew left Rinkeby immediately, telling Avpixlats that they had never encountered hostility even when filming in Iraq, Syria and Somalia.
Daily Telegraph Tim Blair Blog
