VTV presenter injured in Dhaka

NEWS

31 January 2010

A Villa TV (VTV) journalist has broken her wrist after the scaffolding she was filming on collapsed.Aishath Usvathu was part of a VTV team broadcasting the SAAF games at Bangladesh. According to Haveeru, Usvathu is being treated at the Scare Hospital in Dhaka and will soon be transfered to Apollo Hospital in Dhaka. An Afghanistan cameraman who was also with Usvathu was injured.

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