World Cup bosses apologise after chilling TV raid

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Qatari World Cup organisers person apologised to a Danish tv presumption whose unrecorded broadcast from a thoroughfare successful Doha was interrupted by information unit who threatened to interruption camera equipment.

Journalists from the TV2 transmission “were mistakenly interrupted”, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy acknowledged successful a statement.

“Upon inspection of the crew’s valid tourney accreditation and filming permit, an apology was made to the broadcaster by on-site information earlier the unit resumed their activity,” organisers said.

Reporter Rasmus Tantholdt was speaking unrecorded to a quality anchor successful Denmark erstwhile 3 men drove up down him connected an electrical cart and tried to artifact the camera lens.

“You invited the full satellite to travel here. Why can’t we film? It’s a nationalist place,” Tantholdt was heard saying successful English.

“You tin interruption the camera. You privation to interruption it? You are threatening america by smashing the camera?”

The incidental 5 days earlier the commencement of the World Cup revisited a taxable that has been delicate for tourney organisers who person denied claims determination are strict limits connected wherever media tin movie successful Qatar.

Qatari organisers said they aboriginal spoke to Tantholdt and besides “issued an advisory to each entities to respect the filming permits successful spot for the tournament".

Denmark’s shot federation has besides been 1 of the biggest critics of Qatar among the 32 World Cup teams implicit the emirate’s grounds connected quality rights, including its attraction of low-paid migrant workers.

They were needed to physique monolithic operation projects since FIFA picked Qatar arsenic big successful 2010.

Danish players volition deterioration crippled jerseys that person a toned-down badge and manufacturers’ logo arsenic a protestation successful enactment of labour rights erstwhile they play France, Australia and Tunisia successful radical D.

A third-choice black-jersey enactment has been included arsenic “the colour of mourning" for operation workers who person died successful Qatar.

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