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Journalist L. Vural Elibol seriously injured after ICE agent shoves him at Federal Plaza

Sep 30, 2025 · New York, NY

Journalist L. Vural Elibol seriously injured after ICE agent shoves him at Federal Plaza

L. Vural Elibol, a chief cameraman and videographer for Turkey's Anadolu Agency, was seriously injured when an ICE agent shoved him to the floor in a hallway outside immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan while he was documenting enforcement activity. Elibol hit his head on the floor near an elevator bank and remained unconscious for 35 to 40 minutes. Paramedics placed a neck brace on him and transported him by stretcher to a hospital, where he was treated for a possible concussion and kept for observation. Two other journalists—Dean Moses, a police bureau chief for amNewYork, and freelance photographer Olga Fedorova—were also grabbed and shoved by agents during the same incident but were not seriously injured. Eyewitnesses reported that ICE agents had been pursuing an immigrant into an elevator when Elibol was attacked while attempting to film the confrontation.

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Sep 30, 2025ICE agents shoved L. Vural Elibol to the floor at 26 Federal Plaza while he was documenting enforcement activity outside immigration court. Elibol hit his head and remained unconscious for 35-40 minutes. Two other journalists, Dean Moses and Olga Fedorova, were also grabbed and shoved by agents but not seriously injured.
Sep 30, 2025EMS personnel placed a neck brace on Elibol and transported him by stretcher to a hospital.
Sep 30, 2025Elibol was hospitalized and treated for a possible concussion and head injury; he is expected to make a recovery.

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