Moment journalist and cameraman attacked by masked men in Georgia

The journalist told the Associated Press that the men took their equipment after the attack.

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Reporter Maka Chikhladze, from pro-opposition TV Pirveli, was violently thrown to the ground, while cameraman Giorgi Shetsiruli was kicked in the head on a side street in the capital, Tbilisi.

They were covering the 10th night of mass pro-EU protests that have taken place in several cities. The protests are in response to Georgia's increasingly authoritarian government suspending the process towards joining the EU.

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