“Sneak away from the demo!” A demonstrator at the Academic Ball tried to threaten the “Krone” reporter team with insults. The mood was so heated on Friday evening that the man attacked a video camera at the final rally on Stephansplatz in Vienna.
When the “Krone” reporter team shot cross-sectional images, one demo participant apparently felt persecuted. He turned towards the camera and tried to hit her. “Don’t film me!” shouted the angry protester. A reporter had to intervene. He tried to defuse the situation and asked for calm. Reason enough for another masked demonstrator to ask the journalists to “sneak out” of the demonstration. Masked people played cat and mouse with the police. The “Krone” ended the recording at that moment, but did not allow itself to be discouraged and accompanied the further reporting At a later hour, a masked group playing a cat-and-mouse game with the police, away from the restricted area, namely behind the town hall. Dressed entirely in black, the demonstrators lit Bengali fire and blocked the Landesgerichtstrasse with their spontaneous march. A “Krone” reporter who was on site: “We are horrified that our work to document rallies is made more difficult because of individual demonstrators , who believe that it is legitimate to attack and intimidate journalists just because we are doing our job.” According to a statement from the Vienna executive, the evening was “peaceful and there were no major incidents.” There were only “a few identity determinations”.
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