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Al Jazeera reporter attacked in Moscow

10:1723/01/2006

MOSCOW, January 23 (RIA Novosti) - A reporter working for Al Jazeera, the world's leading Arabic satellite news channel, has been assaulted in Moscow, a police representative said Monday.

According to the representative, the incident happened in the north of the city on Sunday.

"An unidentified individual hit an accredited reporter for the Al Jazeera television channel several times and fled the scene in a Subaru car," a police source said.

The reporter, a Qatar citizen, received first aid and the search for the attacker is under way, the police said.




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