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According to Associated Press photographer Mustaf Quraishi, who was one of the four photographers injured, Brand himself looked on during the assault as the photographers tried to defend themselves before being left stranded in the wild animal park.
The photographers said they had been following about 330 feet behind two jeeps — one carrying Brand, an unidentified woman, a man and two children, and the second carrying two men, one of whom was later described by police as Brand’s friend and wedding guest. The other apparently was a bodyguard.
As the photographers from AP, Reuters, Agence France-Presse and the Hindustan Times newspaper took photographs of Brand, the second car stopped and the man got out, approached their jeep, punched their driver in the face and snatched the vehicle’s keys, AP photographer Mustafa Quraishi said.
Quraishi said he jumped out of the jeep to try to retrieve the keys, but the man then punched him repeatedly, breaking his glasses, smashing and then taking his camera flash and opening a cut on his arm.
When two other photographers came to Quraishi’s assistance, the man and the bodyguard both began hitting them, causing one to start bleeding from the head.
The guard and the man then drove away with the photographers’ car keys, leaving them stranded in the park — where 27 wild tigers roam freely, along with leopards, wild boars, hyenas and sloth bears, Quraishi said.
Park rangers later retrieved the keys from the guards’ driver.
The photographers filed a police complaint and asked for a written apology. Police summoned the guard and the man for questioning, Quraishi said.
WTF? These are Associated Press Photographers for major news agency’s, not your average Hollywood Paps. Sounds like the guards really put the beat down on them. Brand should be held responsible for looking on like a DOUCHE NOZZLE while this went on.
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