(RSF/IFEX) – According to information made available by RSF on 26 May 1998, at approximately 2:30 a.m. (local time) on 24 May, Adnan Gerger, a journalist with the private television chain ATV, was attacked by several unknown individuals. Gerger was attacked as he left his car and walked toward his home. His attackers blocked his […]
(RSF/IFEX) – According to information made available by RSF on 26 May 1998,
at approximately 2:30 a.m. (local time) on 24 May, Adnan Gerger, a
journalist with the private television chain ATV, was attacked by several
unknown individuals. Gerger was attacked as he left his car and walked
toward his home. His attackers blocked his path and started hitting him in
the face. They told him: “With everything you have written, did you think
you would get away with it?” Gerger drove himself to the hospital after the
attack, where he was treated for a broken nose.
Gerger noted the license plate number of the car belonging to his attackers,
and the police were later able to question the suspects involved in the
attack, who stated that the fight was due to a traffic dispute.
Gerger had been investigating the attempted murder of Akin Birdal, president
of the Turkish Human Rights Association, which occurred on 12 May 1998 in
Ankara.
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