The journalist who attacked the general director of the TV Capital is charged

The chief editor of the NTV TECHKOMA, Artem Protasenko, was charged with attempted murder of the general director of the TV Capital Television and Capital Dmitry Pappe.

According to the press service of the Moscow prosecutor’s office, on Friday the sanction of the Ostankino court of the capital in relation to Protasasenko elected a preventive measure - detention.

According to the lawyer of the accused Arthur Basistov, on Friday Protasenko was questioned in the Ostankino Prosecutor's Office of Moscow, and according to the results of the interrogation will be sent to undergo a stationary psychological and psychiatric examination at the Institute. Serbian. On Friday, the Ostankino prosecutor’s office in the Protasasenko case was appointed an investigator, Basistov said.

Protasasenko was detained last Wednesday after applying several stab wounds Papp. According to the investigation, the incident occurred on the basis of personal hostility.

According to some media reports, the journalist "stood up for the honor of a woman." Witnesses of this conflict were at least seven people working in the television center building, ITAR-TASS reports.

The 32-year-old journalist attacked the general director of the Capital television channel Dmitry Papp in the building of the Ostankino television center. He twice hit the victim with a knife in the stomach and in the chest. In serious condition, Papp was hospitalized at the ambulance Institute for them. Sklifosovsky. He had an operation, now his condition is stable.

Protasenko was detained at the crime scene. Artem Protasasenko is the chick of the NTV chicksome editor. Earlier, he worked as a political observer in ITAR-TASS agencies, Interfax, since 2000-in the Vesti program, the RTR channel, then-the chief editor of the regional issue of Vesti-Moscow.