BAKU, Azerbaijan - Several people were detained after television crews were attacked while reporting at a school in Baku’s Yasamal district, police said, as authorities separately investigated the death of a seventh-grade student.
Employees of Real TV and Space TV said a group of people assaulted them in the courtyard of Secondary School No. 225 while they were covering the student’s death, Vesti Baku reported.
Real TV said its camera operator suffered injuries of varying severity. A Space TV employee also said the crew was physically attacked while carrying out journalistic work. The journalists contacted the Interior Ministry’s 102 emergency call service.
APA reported, citing information it received, that police detained several people in connection with the incident. Authorities did not immediately disclose how many people were held or their procedural status. The investigation was continuing.
The crews had gone to the school after a seventh-grade girl died earlier on Oct. 28. Azerbaijan’s Prosecutor General’s Office said the student fell from the school’s fourth floor and died from her injuries. The Yasamal District Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the circumstances, according to Report.
Officials had not announced a conclusion about why the student fell as of publication. The circumstances of the attack on the media workers also remained under investigation.