Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström called the attack on journalists and human rights activists in Ingushetia, including Swedish radio correspondent Maria Persson Löfgren, terrible. about this Wallström wrote on her Twitter page.

“Relieved to know that [victim journalist] Maria Persson Löfgren and her colleagues are now safe after the horrific attack yesterday. Freedom of speech is under threat,” the statement said.

Earlier today, Russian President Vladimir Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said the Kremlin was outraged by the attack and called the incident "absolute hooliganism . "

In turn, Putin instructed the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find out all the circumstances of what happened and give a legal assessment.

The attack took place the day before on the Caucasus federal highway. Unknown persons, armed with wooden sticks and piercing objects, pressed a minibus containing eight people to the side of the road: employees of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), correspondents from The New Times magazine, the online publication Mediazona, as well as reporters from Sweden and Norway. The attackers pulled the journalists out of the car, beat them, and then set the car on fire. Five injured victims were taken to the Sunzhensk Central District Hospital in Ingushetia.

After the attack, law enforcement agencies of Ingushetia opened criminal cases under Part 2 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism) and Art. 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (deliberate destruction of property). However, the injured journalists demanded that the case be reclassified under Article 144 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (obstruction of the legitimate professional activities of journalists).

The head of the Swedish Foreign Ministry called the attack on journalists on the way to Chechnya terrible