RT Correspondent Gets Facial Injury During Yellow Vest Protests In France -Editor-in-Chief

A journalist of RT broadcaster suffered a facial injury during "yellow vest" protests in France on Saturday and is currently heading to a hospital, RT and Sputnik's editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 15th December, 2018) A journalist of RT broadcaster suffered a facial injury during "yellow vest" protests in France on Saturday and is currently heading to a hospital, RT and Sputnik's editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said.

"Our correspondent received facial injury during protests in France. She is heading to hospital," Simonyan wrote on her Telegram blog.

On December 1, Simonyan said that 12 journalists had been injured in France while covering protests against fuel price hike since the launch of mass demonstrations in November.

The wave of the so-called yellow vest protests � named after the obligatory attribute of French drivers � started in France in mid-November. The French government has scrapped its planned hike in diesel taxes that sparked the protests, but the yellow vests have since morphed into a broader movement against government policies and rising living costs. The rallies have been marked by violent clashes with police officers, who have used tear gas and rubber bullets against the protesters.