The fourth journalist was beaten in Donetsk

Nikolay Tuzhikov, a cameraman of the “First municipal” TV channel, got to the neurosurgery ward of Donetsk Kalinin hospital. Tuzhikov is the fourth worker of mass media, who has been attacked in Donetsk during the recent time. The victim is still unconscious. Nikolay’s sister asserts that this was not the first attack at him. The mother of the journalist suggests that the beating of her son is connected with his professional activities. The doctors consider the state of Tuzhikov’s health as grave.

The officers of the Leninskiy district militia precinct are conducting the preliminary investigation of the incident.

(«Populiarnye vedomosti», Pavlograd, No. 37, 11 September 2003)