{"id":8111,"date":"2017-05-11T21:50:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T21:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.am\/injured-shant-tv-camera-operators-condition-stable\/"},"modified":"2017-05-11T21:50:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T21:50:51","slug":"injured-shant-tv-camera-operators-condition-stable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/newsroom\/2017\/05\/11\/8111\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured Shant TV Camera Operator\u2019s Condition Stable"},"content":{"rendered":"

The camera crew filming the Shant TV series Dirqerum<\/em> (On the Posts<\/a>) came under fire in the northern part of the Artsakh-Azerbaijan \u2018Line of Contact\u2019 on May 10 around 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

The TV series\u2019 camera operator, Davit Atoyan, was injured. He successfully underwent surgery at the hospital in Stepanakert.<\/p>\n

An employee from Shant TV\u2019s public relations department informed Media.am that Atoyan\u2019s condition is stable and not life-threatening. If he experiences any post-operative issues, he will be moved to Yerevan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe camera crew works on the front line, and considering the high risk, it adheres to all the safety rules. Besides the camera operator, the members of the rest of the team were not seriously injured and are on their feet,\u201d Shant TV staff informed us. <\/p>\n

This incident, according to the TV company, must be kept in the center of attention, a military investigation carried out, since a large-caliber weapon was used.<\/p>\n

The camera crew\u2019s vehicle was damaged as a result. Shant TV informed us that they are in contact with the camera crew and the TV series\u2019 regular programming won\u2019t be interrupted because of the incident. \u201cSome materials that correspond to the program\u2019s dynamics and stem from the context will definitely be included in upcoming broadcasts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dirqerum<\/em> has been on air since 2016; it is produced through a collaboration with the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia. The series is comprised of reportages, filmed at the border posts and on the front line.<\/p>\n

Gayane Asryan<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The camera crew filming the Shant TV series Dirqerum (On the Posts) came under fire in the northern part of the Artsakh-Azerbaijan \u2018Line of Contact\u2019 on May 10 around 6 p.m. The TV series\u2019 camera operator, Davit Atoyan, was injured. He successfully underwent surgery at the hospital in Stepanakert. An employee from Shant TV\u2019s public Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsroom","author_posts-gayane-asryan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}