Overview
- The assault occurred in the Quadraro neighborhood as the crew documented buildings reportedly occupied by anarchists following the recent deaths of two activists said to be making a bomb.
- One operator was injured and treated at a hospital, and the team’s equipment was damaged during the attack.
- Rai condemned the violence as unacceptable and as an attack on citizens’ right to be informed and on press freedom.
- Usigrai, Coordinamento Cdr Tgr, Cdr Tgr Lazio, and Unirai issued statements denouncing the aggression and urged rapid action by judicial authorities, warning against areas where media cannot work.
- A Tgr journalist later found the memory card containing the footage on the ground, and no arrests or identified suspects were reported in the coverage.