Tg3 crew attacked in Lebanon, driver dies of heart attack

Armed man, mob threatened journalists

By: ansa.it

Oct 12 2024
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Tg3 crew attacked in Lebanon,

Crew members of Italy's Tg3 newscast were attacked on Tuesday morning in Lebanon, near Sidon, the third channel of State broadcaster Rai said.
    The local driver had a heart attack and died.
    The news program of Rai's third channel reported about the attack in its midday newscast, when international correspondent Lucia Goracci said that an armed man first and then a group of people approached the car on which she was travelling with other journalists and threatened them.
    At that point, the driver had a heart attack and died despite a cardiac massage.
    A fixer had alerted Hezbollah about the presence of the journalists in the area, according to the report.