Journalists fell victim to an atrocious battery in Azerbaijan. The incident occurred on June 4 in the city of Şamaxı.

Hussein Alakhverdiyev, owner of a dining facility, and his relative Elshar Osmanov attacked ATV journalists Azer Ismaylov, Elgun Bayramli, Logman Ismaylov, Arif Guliyev, Polada Akhundzade and Ilgar Guliyev, Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs told 1news.az. Consequently, the journalists were beaten. Besides, the video camera, recording and other equipment belonging to the TV channel were also broken down.

“The materials gathered have been transferred to the Prosecutor’s Office for investigation,” the Ministry representatives stated.