Sammy Zhu, a photographer working for a New Zealand-based Chinese newspaper, was assaulted on Tuesday. A photographer for a New Zealand-based Chinese newspaper was assaulted in what he believes was a racially-motivated attack. Sammy Zhu, a photographer for the New Zealand Messenger, a weekly Chinese newspaper, was taking photos in Christchurch’s CBD on Tuesday to show how the city was operating on the first day of Covid-19 Alert Level 3. He was walking near the Riverside Market about 4pm when a man he thought was in his 20s approached him. “It seems this is not my city even though I have been here for 20 years.”A police spokeswoman confirmed police were called to reports of a man assaulted on Hereford St.

Source: Stuff May 01, 2020 02:48 UTC