Jamaica♪♫(Caribbean) - 2 krew RT
dan wartawan TASS yang cedera apabila peluru anti-kereta kebal melanda konvoi
akhbar mereka berhampiran sempadan Turki-Syria, diterbangkan kembali ke Moscow
dari pangkalan udara Rusia di Latakia.
Ketiga-tiga
wartawan Rusia kecederaan yang dialami ketika sebuah peluru berpandu
anti-kereta kebal meletup berhampiran kenderaan mereka awal minggu ini. Selepas
menerima rawatan perubatan awal di pangkalan udara Rusia di Latakia, wartawan
menaiki penerbangan yang dijangka tiba di Moscow pada pagi Khamis.
RT
journalists injured in shelling on Syria-Turkey border flying back to Moscow
Two RT
crew members and a TASS journalists who were injured when an anti-tank shell
hit their press convoy near the Turkish-Syrian border, are being flown back to
Moscow from Russian air base in Latakia.
The trio
of Russian journalists sustained injuries when an anti-tank missile exploded
near their vehicle earlier this week. After receiving initial medical treatment
at the Russian air base in Latakia, journalists boarded a flight due to arrive
in Moscow on Thursday morning.
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MORE: Moment RT crew's car hit by mortar shell in Syria caught on camera (VIDEOS)
(Kereta masa krew RT dilanda peluru mortar di Syria ditangkap pada kamera
(VIDEOS) http://on.rt.com/6xfv
Pasukan
RT yang terdiri daripada wartawan Roman Kosarev dan RT Bahasa Arab ini Sargon
Hadaya mengambil jalan hampir terus dari peluru berpandu anti-kereta kebal pada
Selasa berhampiran perkampungan Al-Dagmashliya di wilayah Latakia. Kereta
mengangkut wartawan melalui wilayah yang dikawal kerajaan telah dipukul oleh
peluru berpandu nampaknya datang dari bandar Al Nusra dikawal Salma kira-kira
2.5 km.
Kosarev
mengalami gegaran manakala rakannya dari bahasa Arab mempunyai keping serpihan
persinggahan di belakang dan kaki. Wartawan TASS Alexander Yelistratov juga
perjalanan di dalam kereta itu cedera oleh serpihan di tangannya. Mereka telah
dirawat oleh pasukan perubatan Rusia di pangkalan tentera.
Anak-anak
kapal, Kosarev berkata, terselamat hanya terima kasih kepada perisai badan
bahawa mereka memakai - dan tentera Syria yang segera diiringi mereka kembali
ke pangkalan.
Syria
mengutuk serangan itu sebagai "jenayah baru yang dilakukan oleh kumpulan
pengganas dan negeri-negeri yang menaja dan melengkapkan militan" dalam
"cubaan terdesak untuk mengekalkan kebenaran dari DUNIA."
PBB
Timbalan Jurucakap Farhan Haq juga agak mengkritik insiden itu dengan berkata
PBB masih "bimbang" mengenai serangan ke atas wartawan di Syria.
"Kami
mahu mereka berhenti, serta serangan ke atas orang awam secara
keseluruhannya," Haq kepada TASS.
The RT
team consisting of correspondents Roman Kosarev and RT Arabic’s Sargon Hadaya
took an almost direct hit from an anti-tank missile on Tuesday near the village
of Al-Dagmashliya in the province of Latakia. The car transporting the
journalists through the government-controlled territory was hit by a missile
apparently coming from the Al Nusra-controlled town of Salma some 2.5 km away.
Kosarev
suffered a concussion while his colleague from the Arabic had pieces of
shrapnel lodge in his back and leg. TASS reporter Alexander Yelistratov also
traveling in the car was injured by shrapnel in his hand. They were treated by
Russian medics at the military base.
The crew,
Kosarev says, survived only thanks to the body armor that they were wearing –
and the Syrian army who promptly escorted them back to the base.
Syria
condemned the attack as a “new crime committed by terror groups and the states
which are sponsoring and equipping militants” in a “desperate attempt to keep
the truth from the world.”
The UN
Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq has also somewhat criticized the incident, saying
that the United Nations remains “concerned” about the attacks on journalists in
Syria.
“We want
them to stop, as well as attacks on civilians as a whole,” Haq told TASS.
