(IPYS/IFEX) – On 8 May 2005, José Atauje Tipe, a reporter for Lima television stations Canal 4 and Canal N, was assaulted by a group of squatters being evicted by police from land they had taken over. The incident occurred in Ñahuimpuquio, a zone 5 km down the Ayacucho – Cuzco highway, in the country’s […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 8 May 2005, José Atauje Tipe, a reporter for Lima television stations Canal 4 and Canal N, was assaulted by a group of squatters being evicted by police from land they had taken over. The incident occurred in Ñahuimpuquio, a zone 5 km down the Ayacucho – Cuzco highway, in the country’s southeast.
Atauje’s assailants, not wanting the eviction process to be taped, kicked and hit him with sticks while he tried to protect his video camera. He managed to escape with the help of passers-by and a colleague. The sheriff in charge of the eviction, other journalists and the police themselves were forced to leave the area amid a hail of rocks from the infuriated squatters.
Atauje is currently under observation in Ayacucho regional hospital’s trauma ward until the possibility of internal injuries is ruled out.
