Czech Television Crew Robbed at Gunpoint During APEC Summit in Crime-Ridden San Francisco
Photo: Bohumil Vostal/SFChronicle
In an alarming reflection of the escalating crime rates plaguing the Democrat-run San Francisco, Czech Republic journalists found themselves the latest victims of the city’s lawlessness.
The victims, part of a Czech Republic public television crew, were recording near the iconic City Lights bookstore on Sunday evening when they were accosted by armed assailants, KTVU reported.
According to the San Francisco Police Department, the incident occurred at 4:56 p.m. near Broadway and Columbus Avenue. Three men with firearms exited from a vehicle and demanded the journalists’ production equipment, to which the victims, under duress, complied.
While the San Francisco Police Department has yet to officially confirm the victims’ identities as journalists, Bohumil Vostal, a reporter for the Czech television station ČT24,
