Students accost photographer during protest

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Instituto Prensa y Sociedad

7 November 2006

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(IPYS/IFEX) – On 2 November 2006, photographer Jorge Reyes of the newspaper “El Carabobeño” was accosted by a group of students of Pedro Gual secondary school when he was taking photographs of their protest. The students surrounded him with the intention of snatching his camera, but he was able to escape thanks to the intervention […]

(IPYS/IFEX) – On 2 November 2006, photographer Jorge Reyes of the newspaper “El Carabobeño” was accosted by a group of students of Pedro Gual secondary school when he was taking photographs of their protest. The students surrounded him with the intention of snatching his camera, but he was able to escape thanks to the intervention of two members of the Carabobo State Police Department. Carabobo State is located in northern Venezuela.

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