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Hungarian camera operator fired for kicking, tripping refugees

CTVNews.ca Staff, Published Tuesday, September 8, 2015 7:22PM EDT, Last Updated Tuesday, September 8, 2015 7:28PM EDT, Source

A Hungarian TV camera operator has been let go after she was filmed kicking and tripping refugees, including children, as they tried to run away from police at a Hungarian border town.

Media outlets in Hungary and elsewhere have identified the woman as Petra Laszlo. In a video shot by another journalist, she is seen sticking her leg in front of a refugee man carrying a child and causing him to trip as he tried to evade police.

In other videos shared on social media, Laszlo was seen kicking a young girl.

Laszlo was filming footage for Hungary’s N1TV at the time.

According to The Guardian, Laszlo is a camera operator for the nationalistic television channel “closely linked to the country’s far-right Jobbik party.”

N1TV released a statement on Facebook Tuesday, saying that Laszlo was dismissed for behaving “unacceptably.”

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In this still from a video posted on social media, a Hungarian TV operator is shown after apparently tripping a man holding a girl.

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In other videos shared on social media, Laszlo was seen kicking a young girl.

Laszlo was filming footage for Hungary’s N1TV at the time.

According to The Guardian, Laszlo is a camera operator for the nationalistic television channel “closely linked to the country’s far-right Jobbik party.”

Hungarian camera operator fired for kicking, tripping refugees, CTVNews.ca Staff, Published Tuesday, September 8, 2015 7:22PM EDT, Last Updated Tuesday, September 8, 2015 7:28PM EDT, Source

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