VIDEO: Russian reporter punched in jaw during live newscast

Thursday, August 3, 2017
MOSCOW (KABC) -- A reporter was caught on camera being punched in the face in the middle of a live newscast in Russia.

The reporter is doing a live shot in Moscow's Gorky Park at a celebration for Russian paratroopers when a drunk man starts verbally harassing him and suddenly punches him in the jaw.
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The station cut away from the park and back to the studio, where the news anchor cited problems with the live shot.

The injured reporter suffered a broken jaw in the televised attack.
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