Cameras Seized, Reporters Beaten – Kessben Media Crew Assaulted While Covering Sanitation Exercise at Oshumang
A team of journalists from Kessben Media have been assaulted, harassed, and humiliated while covering a sanitation exercise at Oshumang in the Ga West Municipal Assembly area.
According to eyewitness accounts, the reporters were carrying out their professional duties when some individuals attacked them, seized their cameras, and subjected them to physical abuse.
The journalists were beaten and intimidated, preventing them from documenting activities related to the sanitation exercise. The incident has raised serious concerns about press freedom and the safety of media practitioners in the line of duty.
Sources at the scene described the attack as unprovoked, noting that the media crew had identified themselves as journalists covering a public-interest event.
The incident has sparked outrage among media stakeholders, with calls for the authorities to investigate the assault, retrieve the seized equipment, and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Press freedom advocates have condemned the attack, stressing that journalists must be allowed to perform their constitutional role without fear, intimidation, or violence.
As of the time of filing this report, the Ga West Municipal Assembly and security authorities had not officially commented on the incident.
story by: Maurice Otoo
