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Police detain suspects in attack on NewTV journalists

Shooting team of NewTV channel was attacked the day before. Press service of the Main Internal Affairs Department of Bishkek confirmed the information to 24.kg news agency.

According to the department, the conflict between journalists and unknown persons occurred in Ak-Ordo housing estate. City administration employees were dismantling illegal buildings there, and the crew was filming a news report about this.

«An unknown woman attacked journalists and damaged a video camera, which costs $ 7,950, after which she hid in an unknown direction by Honda Stepwgn car, while an unidentified driver of the car made an attempt to hit journalists,» the police department said.

Journalists of the TV channel turned to the police for help, and one of them wrote a statement for taking measures against the unknown persons, who inflicted bodily harm and broke the video camera.

This fact was registered by the Department of Internal Affairs for Leninsky district and pre-trial proceedings under Article 266 (hooliganism) of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic were started, relevant forensic medical examinations were commissioned.

The Main Internal Affairs Department noted that during search and investigation activities, public security officers of the Leninsky district police department identified and delivered to the investigation service of the city police department of Leninsky district a woman, born in 1988, and a man, born in 1987.

All necessary investigative measures are taken as a part of the pre-trial proceedings.

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