Geo News team attacked during London Afghan protest
July 25, 2021
LONDON: A group of Afghan nationals held a protest outside the Pakistan High Commission in London on Friday afternoon, which turned violent when a Geo News reporting team was attacked by some of the demonstrators.
‘The Watan Group’ had organized the protest to seek justice for the daughter of the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, who was allegedly kidnapped in Islamabad two weeks ago. Around 50 protesters took part and raised slogans against Pakistan.
There were three incidents of violence. At the start, a protester punched this reporter and hit his phone while filming the protest. Immediately after that, this reporter called the police and informed them of the attack. The police arrived after over 40 minutes. Just before the police arrived, around five protesters marched across the road where Pakistani media was present and one of the protesters punched this correspondent, fracturing his thumb and making the phone fall on the ground.