ASTRANKHAN: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) team attacked on Thursday in the southern Russian city.
According to reports, the BBC team went to Astrakhan to investigate Russian servicemen killing near the border with Ukraine.
The team had just left a cafe in the town when at least three aggressive individuals approached our car, confronting and attacking us, says BBC Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg.
The team’s cameraman was beaten up and the camera smashed during the attack. The recorded material left in the car had been deleted, the team found after returning from the police station.
The BBC has lodged a formal protest with Russia over the incident and called for an investigation.
During that time, the recording equipment left behind in the car was tampered with, our correspondent says. The hard drive of the main computer as well as several memory cards with video material had been wiped clean.
The BBC said it deplored the act of violence, which it described as “part of a co-ordinated attempt to stop accredited news journalists reporting a legitimate news story”.
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