Russian TV channel reporter injured in shelling of Aleppo hospital
MOSCOW. Nov 5 (Interfax) - A Russia Today TV channel reporter was injured in the shelling of a hospital in Aleppo, Russia Today editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said.
"Our reporter was injured in the shelling of a hospital in Aleppo," Simonyan wrote on Twitter on Monday.
The Russia Today press service confirmed to Interfax that the injured individual is a reporter of the television channel.
The injured reporter, Somar Abudiab, is working with Russia Today's Arabic-language TV channel, Russia Today said on its website.
"As part of the Russian press pool Abudiab was recording the consequences of a shelling in the Al Furqan district, when the shelling resumed. As a result, he sustained a minor injury to his leg, the rest of the reporters were not injured," the TV channel said.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Maj. Igor Konashenkov said earlier on Monday that a Russian military medic servicewoman was killed and another two medical workers sustained heavy injuries during the shelling of the Russian Defense Ministry's mobile hospital carried out by militants.