Journalist assaulted

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Instituto Prensa y Sociedad

20 October 2005

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(IPYS/IFEX) – On 16 October 2005, Elías Navarro Palomino, a correspondent for the daily “Correo”, was assaulted while trying to cover the story of a drunk man who struck a police officer in Ayacucho, central Peru. The drunk man’s relatives threw stones at Navarro to stop him from reporting on the story. The journalist suffered […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 16 October 2005, Elías Navarro Palomino, a correspondent for the daily “Correo”, was assaulted while trying to cover the story of a drunk man who struck a police officer in Ayacucho, central Peru.

The drunk man’s relatives threw stones at Navarro to stop him from reporting on the story. The journalist suffered a number of wounds.

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