(MISA/IFEX) – On 8 October 2003, Anteje Buanar, chairperson of the União Desportiva de Sanjala football club, attacked Luis Dionisio, a sports journalist with the provincial station Radio Mozambique (RM-EP), in the northwestern province of Niassa. Buanar also attempted to confiscate the journalist’s equipment. According to MISA-Mozambique, the incident took place at the end of […]
(MISA/IFEX) – On 8 October 2003, Anteje Buanar, chairperson of the União Desportiva de Sanjala football club, attacked Luis Dionisio, a sports journalist with the provincial station Radio Mozambique (RM-EP), in the northwestern province of Niassa. Buanar also attempted to confiscate the journalist’s equipment.
According to MISA-Mozambique, the incident took place at the end of a football match between União Desportiva de Sanjala and São Paulo de Cuamba, during the first leg of the Niassa provincial tournament.
When Dionisio approached the coach of União Desportiva de Sanjala for an interview, Buanar threw himself at the journalist, cursing at him and throwing punches at him.
Dionisio has instituted criminal proceedings against Buanar. MISA was not able to ascertain the extent of Dionisio’s injuries.
