Overview
- Video and witnesses show L. Vural Elibol of Turkish outlet Anadolu was injured on the 12th floor of 26 Federal Plaza and transported to a hospital on a stretcher.
- amNewYork journalist Dean Moses says masked agents grabbed him and forced him out of an elevator as he tried to document an arrest in a public hallway.
- Witnesses say freelance photojournalist Olga Fedorova was shoved to the floor during the confrontation, which unfolded in an area open to the public.
- A DHS spokeswoman said officers were making the arrest of a Peruvian national and were swarmed by agitators and members of the press who obstructed operations.
- DHS cited prior threats to the building, including a letter with suspicious powder, as elected officials such as New York Gov. Kathy Hochul condemned the agents’ use of force.