TV camerawoman sacked for tripping running migrant and child in Hungary

A camerawoman has been sacked after a video appeared to show her deliberately tripping up a refugee carrying a child as they ran away from police. The video was posted online by Stephan Richter, a reporter for German channel RTL. Named in unconfirmed reports as Petra Laszlo, she worked for Hungarian channel N1TV and was filming on the country’s southern border with Serbia. “An employee of N1TV today showed unacceptable behaviour at the Roszke collection point,” the channel said in a statement. “We have terminated the contract of the camerawoman with immediate effect today.”

I believe we have done what we had to do in this situation. We don’t understand how this could happen, it is shocking and unacceptable.

Szabolcs Kisberk, Editor-in-chief

N1TV - also known as also known as Nemzeti TV - describes itself as a channel that stands for “national issues”. It runs a weekly chat show with Gabor Vona, leader of the far-right, anti-immigration opposition party Jobbik, according to the channel’s website. Hungary’s right-wing government has been vocal in its criticism of migrants attempting to reach other parts of Europe.

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