Reporter to https://www.himalkhabar.com/ Ajay Hakuju was attacked while covering dispute among student unions on March 18 in Patan. Patan lies in Bagmati Province of Nepal.
Reporter Hakuju shared with Freedom Forum that he went to the Patan Multiple Campus to cover ongoing disputes among students during the student union election. While he was returning after taking few pictures, the agitated students attacked him and ordered him to delete the photos.
“Though I deleted the pictures in front of them, they hit me on my face. I received injury on face. However, I managed to escape major injury”, reporter Hakuju added.
Freedom Forum condemns the attack. Journalists are always targeted while covering protests and clashes.
FF urges the security authority to take action against the attackers and journalists are also urged to wear safety gears and report from the place with low risk of attack while covering such incidents.
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