BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

09/11/2007

Belarusian Journalist Assaulted In Poland

Belarusian journalist Volha Klaskouskaya was stabbed several times by an unknown attacker on the night of November 7 in Warsaw, Belapan reported. Klaskouskaya, who was granted political asylum in Poland two years ago, is involved in a dispute with her ex-husband, Vital Naumovich, over the custody of their 6-year-old daughter, Miraslava. A Warsaw court on November 6 heard a request from the Belarusian Justice Ministry for the girl to be returned to Belarus. Naumovich was detained after attending the hearing, questioned by the police, and released the same day. After the attack, Klaskouskaya reportedly said that the assailant resembled a man who was accompanying her ex-husband during the court hearing. Naumovich told RFE/RL's Belarus Service that he was accompanied during the proceedings only by his Polish lawyer and interpreter, and denied any connection to the assault on Klaskouskaya. AM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/11/3-cee/cee-091107.asp

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