CNN journalist is injured in protest against the Cup in SP The producer Barbara Arvanitidis was hit by bomb shrapnel.

CNN journalist is injured in protest against the Cup in SP

The producer Barbara Arvanitidis was hit by bomb shrapnel.

A man was arrested during the confrontation between the PM and demonstrators.

A CNN journalist was injured during a confrontation between demonstrators and military police in a protest against the World Cup in São Paulo, on the morning of Thursday (12). The trouble started about 10 minutes after the beginning of the Act, shortly after 10:0. Four other journalists also were injured.

According to a message posted on the social network by sports correspondent and Instagram CNN anchor Alex Thomas, the producer Barbara Arvanitidis may have broken his arm. She was hit by shrapnel of moral effect pump.

"We know she was injured and bailed out for medical care," said the G1 the delegate-General of the Civil Police of São Paulo, Luiz Mauricio Souza Blazeck. The case will be registered in the 52 DP, in Vila Carrão. The civilian police will establish whether she was injured by some artifact of the PM or the demonstrators.

Other journalists injured

The CNN Correspondent reporter Shasta Darlington was also slightly injured in the protest. She and Arvanitidis, which had to be withdrawn from the stretcher, were on the street, in the immediate vicinity of Apucarana Carrão.

The camera Assistant of SBT, Douglas Barbieri, was also hit by bomb shrapnel. He was wounded in the face, but was still working on coverage of the event, with dressings.

Already the Argentine journalist, Rodrigo Abd, Associated Press News Agency, was injured in the leg during a light heavyweight bout. Abd said he tried to run during the confusion and felt a blow to the leg.

Rush and pumps

Shortly after the initial confusion, the police returned to throw bombs to unlock the street Apucarana. There was the run on side streets. One of the bombs struck the courtyard of a residential building. Condo residents fought with protesters.

The Group did not answer the request of PM to stay away from East via Radial that will be the main connection of the delegations with the Corinthians Arena. The PM threw gas bombs and moral effect to try to disperse the group. m protester was detained by PM.