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She put a leg to a refugee
She made international negative headlines when she tripped a refugee. Now she apologizes for her behavior in a public letter.
Only a few days ago, a public reporter broke into the rage of the public. The reason: She had a leg on refugees at a border crossing between Serbia and Hungary, who wanted to flee from the police, and stepped after them. Various videos document the shocking events. The behavior of the camerawoman has already had consequences. She was not only dismissed but also publicly exposed. Now she speaks for the first time herself.
In a public letter to the Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet, the reporter tries to explain her actions with the name Petra . "... when they (the refugees, editors note) broke the police line, a refugee rushed towards me and I got scared, I was scared as they rushed towards me and then something happened inside me ... I thought just that I'm being attacked and somehow need to protect myself. "
She writes that she is sorry and she "sincerely regrets what happened. However, she was "not a heartless, racist camerawoman who steps after children." The "political witch hunt", which is now made on them, they do not deserve. She writes of death threats that she has received since the incident by the international press, stating, "I'm just a woman, a now unemployed mother of small children, who made a wrong decision in a panic situation, I'm sorry . "
Last Tuesday, several videos were published, in which it can be seen clearly how the now repentant camerawoman for different refugees and kicking a father with a small child in the arm. Father and child were then overthrown. The child began to cry. The reporter was on-site on behalf of the Hungarian station N1TV and was released by this in response to the incidents.
