Tegucigalpa, March 8, (RHC).- The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has condemned continuing attacks on journalists in Honduras. Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO, referred to several cases and called on Honduran authorities to stop the attacks and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Joseph Hernandez Ochoa and Karol Cabrera were shot down on March 1st on the way to Ms. Cabrera’s home in the capital, Tegucigalpa, according to the non-governmental organization International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX).

Ochoa, the host of the “Encuentros” program broadcast on Canal 51 television, was killed in the attack, while Ms. Cabrera, who was involved in youth education programs for the State-owned Canal 8 television station, was seriously injured.

Police and the Honduran Security Secretariat said that Ms. Cabrera, who also worked for Radio Cadena Voces, was the target of the attack. Having received death threats recently, she had been under police protection.

The police officer guarding Ms. Cabrera was at her home, where she had asked for protective services to be provided. Her daughter was killed in the same street in December that her mother was attacked on this week.

The head of UNESCO said: “The attack that took Mr. Ochoa’s life and left Ms. Cabrera seriously injured is an attack against all of the people of Honduras that must not go unpunished.”