MISA Malawi has strongly condemned the assault of Television Islam reporter Yasin Limu by three Mighty Mukuru Wanderers Football Club supporters yesterday on 7 April 2024.
According to a press releases signed by MISA Malawi’s chairperson Golden Matonga, the incident happened few minutes into a Super League of Malawi (SULOM) game between Wanderers FC and Kamuzu Barracks Football Club at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre on Sunday, April 7, 2024.
In the assault, a TV Islam camera tripod and Limu’s wrist watch were damaged.
“The assault happened when the supporters were chasing sports reporters out of an area normally reserved for the media covering games at the stadium”, reads the statement.
However, MISA have managed to identify two of the three supporters who assaulted Limu and damaged as Dolf and Harry.
Meanwhile, MISA Malawi has asked the Club to do a disciplinary action on the supporters by the club and asks Malawi Police also investigate, arrest and prosecute the assailants.
This is not the first time that supporters of a Super League club have assaulted a journalist. In 2023, Silver Strikers supporters also assaulted Smart Chalika of Kasupe Radio and the trend has a chilling effect on sports journalists.