zondag, april 25, 2004
Unidentified gunmen broke the arms of Palestinian news photographer Jamal Arouri in Ramallah on Thursday night, in the latest attack on a journalist in the Palestinian Authority-controlled territories. Arouri, 38, who also works for PA daily Al-Ayyam, said two masked men carrying pistols pounced on him as he walked out of his car in front of his house and clubbed him, breaking both his arms. The assailants fired shots into the air before fleeing in a vehicle with other men inside. He said the attackers broke some of his cameras and stole two others.
Eyewitnesses said the attackers used a vehicle with Israeli license plates. The PA security forces said they have launched an investigation, but no arrests were reported. Arouri is being treated at the Zayed Hospital in Ramallah, where he was visited by scores of Palestinian journalists who came to express their condemnation for the attack.
"I have been on this job for 14 years and never been through such an experience," said Arouri. "I have no enemies... This is the first time in my life that somebody has attacked me." AFP Jerusalem bureau chief Christian Chaise said there was no discernible motive for the beating. "We are at a total loss," he said. "We have no explanation."
Bron: Jerusalem Post.
Eyewitnesses said the attackers used a vehicle with Israeli license plates. The PA security forces said they have launched an investigation, but no arrests were reported. Arouri is being treated at the Zayed Hospital in Ramallah, where he was visited by scores of Palestinian journalists who came to express their condemnation for the attack.
"I have been on this job for 14 years and never been through such an experience," said Arouri. "I have no enemies... This is the first time in my life that somebody has attacked me." AFP Jerusalem bureau chief Christian Chaise said there was no discernible motive for the beating. "We are at a total loss," he said. "We have no explanation."
Bron: Jerusalem Post.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 07:50
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