Hungarian camerawoman filmed kicking refugees could face criminal investigation

More footage has emerged of the woman kicking a teenage refugee girl
The second video shows the woman kicking a teenage girl
AFP
Hannah Al-Othman9 September 2015

The Hungarian camerawoman who was filmed tripping up a refugee father who was fleeing with a child in his arms has been caught on camera in a second video - kicking a teenage girl.

The camerawoman, for a nationalist online TV channel, has been fired from her job after reporters filmed her kicking and tripping migrants as they fled from police.

The footage went viral internationally within hours on social media, and the N1TV channel's editor, Szabolcs Kisberk, said in a statement that employment of the camerawoman, widely identified as Petra Laszlo, had been "terminated with immediate effect".

The woman could now also face criminal charges, after two left-wing opposition parties - former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's Democratic Coalition and the Dialogue for Hungary - both said they would report Ms Laszlo to police in the hope of getting her charged with assault, a crime with a potential prison sentence.

Dialogue for Hungary politician Timea Szabo said Ms Laszlo demonstrated "the pits of human behaviour".

One video showed her tripping a refugee and his small child (Picture: Marko Djurica/Reuters)
Marko Djurica/Reuters

In the newest videos and images posted online by multiple reporters, Ms Laszlo can be seen making sideways karate-style kicks into the knees of two people - a young man and a teenage girl - as they ran past her. Both stumbled but neither fell as Ms Laszlo continued filming.

She was also seen filming a running man carrying a young boy in his arms then sticking out her leg to trip him as he passed.

The man and boy tumbled to the ground, with the man falling on top of the child. The boy can be seen crying as the man leaps up to curse the camerawoman, who continues to film him.

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