A Hungarian TV camera operator has been let go after she was filmed kicking and tripping refugees, including children, as they tried to run away from police at a Hungarian border town.
Media outlets in Hungary and elsewhere have identified the woman as Petra Laszlo. In a video shot by another journalist, she is seen sticking her leg in front of a refugee man carrying a child and causing him to trip as he tried to evade police.
Lage in #Roeszke #Hungary weiter schlimm - Polizei überfordert - Flüchtlinge durchbrechen Polizeikette - Verletzte! pic.twitter.com/GlMGqGwABb
— Stephan Richter (@RichterSteph) September 8, 2015
In other videos shared on social media, Laszlo was seen kicking a young girl.
Laszlo was filming footage for Hungary’s N1TV at the time.
According to The Guardian, Laszlo is a camera operator for the nationalistic television channel “closely linked to the country’s far-right Jobbik party.”
N1TV released a statement on Facebook Tuesday, saying that Laszlo was dismissed for behaving “unacceptably.”
KÖZLEMÉNY/RELEASEAz N1TV munkatársa a mai napon elfogadhatatlanul viselkedett a röszkei gyűjtőpontnál. Az operatőr...
Posted by Nemzeti Televízió on Tuesday, September 8, 2015
