Reporter assaulted live during coverage of fatal accident in Porto Velho

g1.globo.com (Portuguese)

Reporter Richard Nunes was physically assaulted live on air while covering a fatal traffic accident in Porto Velho. The incident occurred Monday morning when Nunes was filming a live report. He was surrounded, verbally abused, and struck with a helmet by relatives of the victim and a driver involved in the crash. Nunes sustained blows to the head but was not seriously injured. A police report was filed, and a journalists' union condemned the attack, calling for an investigation.


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