TV Camerawoman Fired for Tripping Refugees Trying to Escape Police

Alex GriswoldSep 8th, 2015, 2:42 pm

They say reporters shouldn’t try to make themselves part of the story, but perhaps someone should have told the camera crews.

A photographer, reportedly working for Hungarian news station N1TV, was caught on camera tripping a Syrian refugee who was trying to escape from the police in the village of Röszke. The refugee was carrying a child at the time.

Watch, via journalist Stephen Richter:

Lage in #Roeszke #Hungary weiter schlimm – Polizei überfordert – Flüchtlinge durchbrechen Polizeikette – Verletzte! pic.twitter.com/GlMGqGwABb

— Stephan Richter (@RichterSteph) September 8, 2015

Another journalist on the scene in Hungary indicated that N1TV told him on Facebook that the camerawoman, identified as Petra László, would be fired. He also posted a picture of the woman tripping another child refugee:

Th camerawoman was fired, editor-in-chief of N1TV informs on Facebook. Another picture of the incident: #Hungary pic.twitter.com/37dgdzl9Sq

— Szabolcs Panyi (@panyiszabolcs) September 8, 2015

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