Actual attack on Top Channel Journalists, 8/02/2023, Nikel, Fushe Kruje

Tirana •︎ 10/02/2023

Actual attack on Top Channel Journalists, 8/02/2023, Nikel, Fushe Kruje

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  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Tirana
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Antela lika, Daniel Shkulaku, Mark Arra

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    https://top-channel.tv/2023/02/09/presidenti-begaj-denon-su0lmin-me-arme-ndaj-gazetareve-te-fiks-fare-organet-ligjzbatuese-te-ndjekin-rastin/?fbclid=IwAR1MT1URxhtOfQAYbWD9-2owzBTnmEycFUoYh2k2sluGOaxWKg1cINFeA4U&mibextid=ykz3hl
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
    Printed Media
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    https://top-channel.tv/2023/02/09/presidenti-begaj-denon-su0lmin-me-arme-ndaj-gazetareve-te-fiks-fare-organet-ligjzbatuese-te-ndjekin-rastin/?fbclid=IwAR1MT1URxhtOfQAYbWD9-2owzBTnmEycFUoYh2k2sluGOaxWKg1cINFeA4U&mibextid=ykz3hl

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    08.02.2023
  • City
    Nikel, Fushe Kruje
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Actual attacks on journalists

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    The Police Station in Kruja has registered a criminal report with no. 426, dated 10.02.2023. This prosecutor’s office registered the criminal proceedings on 10.02.2023 and the investigations are led by the prosecutor Mrs. Eljora Elezi. According to the information taken from the Prosecutor`s Office at Kruja District Court, the investigations are at the stage of verifying the data given in the report, including recordings and the material evidence, etc.

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes

Journalists of the investigative TV show Fiks Fare were physically attacked on 8th February while filming illegal mining at the Zeze River in Nikel, Fushe Kruje, about 30 km from the capital in Albania.

The journalists’ drone was shot by a weapon and three men with guns stepped forward, pointing the guns at the filming crew just meters away. A masked man then came up to them, trying to take the camera with the footage and physically attacking the film crew while also threatening their lives for more than 30 minutes. Although they managed to escape, they had been waiting for over 50 minutes for the police patrol to intervene.