Journalist L. Vural Elibol seriously injured after ICE agent shoves him at Federal Plaza
Sep 30, 2025·Location: New York, NY

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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- Federal agents grab and shove journalists outside NYC immigration court, sending one to hospital
Associated Press·Sep 30, 2025·archived copy
NBC News·Oct 1, 2025·archived copy
- The Hill
- ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork
amny.com·Sep 30, 2025·archived copy
- Who Is Vural Elibol? Photojournalist Hospitalized After ICE Agents Shove Press At NYC Courthouse
timesnownews.com·Oct 1, 2025·archived copy
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