(IPYS/IFEX) – On 17 May 2004, an unidentified individual threw two tear gas canisters during the transmission of the “Primera Página” programme, broadcast on the Globovisión television station. The programme was being transmitted live from the Alberto Ravell neighbourhood, in El Valle, southern Caracas. Carlos Acosta, a journalist and the programme’s producer, told IPYS that […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 17 May 2004, an unidentified individual threw two tear gas canisters during the transmission of the “Primera Página” programme, broadcast on the Globovisión television station. The programme was being transmitted live from the Alberto Ravell neighbourhood, in El Valle, southern Caracas.
Carlos Acosta, a journalist and the programme’s producer, told IPYS that the tear gas canisters were thrown a few minutes before the end of the live transmission. According to local residents who were assisting with the filming, the person who threw the canisters is a member of the El Valle parish. The assailant reportedly fled on a motorcycle.
Acosta said the tear gas canisters landed near a health clinic. Approximately 40 local residents, most of whom are elderly, and 12 Globovisión employees, including some camera operators, technicians and “Primera Página”‘s producers, were at the scene at the time of the incident.
