‘They grabbed my shirt, twisted my fingers’: News24 journalist assaulted at Yeoville march
A student journalist for News24 was physically assaulted by anti-immigration protesters in Yeoville, Johannesburg. The attackers targeted him after recognizing him from a TikTok video he produced regarding the local Somali community.
Why it matters
This incident highlights the growing dangers faced by journalists covering volatile social issues and the role of social media in inciting real-world violence.
A week after young News24 journalist Yusuf Kosadia-Hassen made a 66-second TikTok video about the Somali community in Mayfair, he was assaulted by anti-immigration protesters in Yeoville who recognised him.
The article provides a first-person account of an assault without editorializing the political motivations of the protesters.
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