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92 News crew attacked, one injured, DSNG van damaged

JournalismPakistan.com
August 27, 2016

92 News crew attacked, one injured, DSNG van damaged

KARACHI – A crew of 92 News TV was attacked by unidentified men here Saturday damaging a Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) van and injuring an engineer.

 

Reports said that the incident occurred in the Lines Area Unit 54 where the team was covering an event. Journalist unions condemned the attack and called for immediate arrest of the assailants.

 

There have been several previous attacks on news gathering teams in the crime-infested metropolis. Earlier this month two employees of DawnNews Television were injured in a shooting incident. One staffer was shot in the neck and the other in the leg.