The journalists had previously been authorised to enter the area and were identifiable from their body armour marked “press” and their equipment.
The soldiers were seen to smash a video and a stills camera and to confiscate another stills camera and mobile phone.
The incident was filmed and posted online by a local production company.
On Friday evening the army told AFP it had identified those involved and that disciplinary measures would be taken.
Badly damaged equipment was returned to AFP on Saturday, but the memory cards had been removed.
