A Hungarian television camerawoman who made headlines last September after appearing to trip and kick migrants who were fleeing police has been indicted, prosecutors said yesterday
Petra Laszlo was caught on camera kicking children. Pic/AP
Budapest: A Hungarian television camerawoman who made headlines last September after appearing to trip and kick migrants who were fleeing police has been indicted, prosecutors said yesterday.
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“The accused is charged by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Szeged with breach of the peace,” said a statement from Csongrad county chief prosecutor Zsolt Kopasz. In the footage, which sparked global outrage, Petra Laszlo can be seen tripping up a man sprinting with a child in his arms, and kicking another running child near the town of Roszke, close to the border with Serbia.
“The violent actions of the accused did not inflict injury, however, her behaviour was capable of provoking indignation and outcry in the members of the public present at the scenes,” according to the statement.
It later emerged that Laszlo, who was fired over her actions, had been working for N1TV, an internet-based television station close to Hungary’s far-right Jobbik party.
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