Kherson police opens a probe into the attack on a MOST journalist

The Kherson police has opened a case under Part 1 of Article 171 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Preclusion of the legal professional work of journalists) for the attack on Olena Hnitetska, journalist with the local media outlet MOST, the Kherson Oblast Police reports on Facebook.

"Currently, the necessary investigative actions are underway and all the details of the incident are being clarified," the message reads.

On September 30, Olena Hnitetska, a journalist with the online news outlet MOST, was attacked by an unknown man on a school's premises in Kherson. The man shoved her and took away her phone, tossing into a pit where construction equipment was working.

According to the journalist, she is working on a report about the construction of underground schools in Kherson and "wanted to inspect a construction site which has sparked indignation among the locals personally."