"Ecuadorian authorities should comprehensively and swiftly investigate the shooting of TV journalist Edison Muenala and take decisive actions to ensure that press members can safely report on ongoing anti-government demonstrations, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday [Oct. 16].
On Tuesday [Oct. 14], Muenala, a journalist and producer with the community station APAK TV, was shot in the right shoulder while covering clashes between protesters and the Ecuadorian army and police in the northern city of Otavalo, president of the Otavalo-based APAK TV, Toa Maldonado, told CPJ.
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Outlets reported that it is unclear who shot Muenala as security forces used teargas, stun grenades, and firearms against the demonstrators, Maldonado said."
