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United News of India
2 days ago
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Australian govt offers aid to reporter shot in LA: FM
Canberra, June 11 (UNI) The Australian government has offered aid to a television news reporter who was shot with a rubber bullet while covering protests in Los Angeles (LA). Penny Wong, Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs, said on Wednesday that the government has reached out to reporter Lauren Tomasi through the Consulate General in LA and is ready to provide "any assistance" she needs. Tomasi, the U.S. correspondent for Australia's Nine Network News, was covering the ongoing protests sparked by immigration raids in LA on Sunday local time when she was shot in the leg with a rubber bullet fired by a police officer. Wong told Nine Network television on Wednesday that footage of the incident captured a "really awful" moment. "Australia believes in a free media and journalists should be able to do their job safely," Wong said on Wednesday. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday said that he had spoken to Tomasi, who he said was OK, and that the government has raised the "horrific" incident with the U.S. administration. UNI XINHUA ARN
United News of India
3 days ago
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Australian PM Albanese raises issue of reporter shooting in LA with US
Canberra/Washington, June 10 (UNI) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government has spoken with the US administration about the shooting of an Australian reporter with rubber bullets in Los Angeles. Television news reporter Lauren Tomasi was covering the ongoing protests in Los Angeles for Australia's Nine Network News on Sunday local time when she was shot in the leg with a rubber bullet fired by a police officer in the city's downtown district. A footage captured showed the officer directly aiming at Tomasi and her cameraman before firing. A second Australian journalist, the ABC's North America correspondent Lauren Day, had also been impacted by police action while reporting on the protests in LA. Day said she 'felt the unmistakable burn of tear gas – first in my eyes, then in my nose, lips and throat,' reports Guardian. Albanese, calling the incident "horrific,' said that he has raised the issue with the US authorities. "We have already raised these issues with the U.S. administration. We don't find it acceptable that it occurred. And we think that the role of the media is particularly important." He added that there was 'no ambiguity' about Tomasi's status as a reporter, when the firing began. "I spoke with Lauren this morning. She's going OK. She's pretty resilient," he said. Earlier, Tomasi told the Today show it was 'a bit of a shock' to be shot by police, but she only has minor injuries. 'I have a bit of a bloody big old bruise and it's a little bit sore, but I am all OK,' the US correspondent told Nine on Tuesday. 'It's a really crappy thing that's happened. But I really don't want to be the story … it's a really chaotic situation that's unfolding in Los Angeles.' UNI ANV PRS
