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Iraqi TV presenter Riad al-Saray shot dead in Baghdad
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - Riad al-Saray, an Iraqi television
presenter has been shot dead. He was killed at 06.00 am (03.00 GMT)
on Tuesday in western Baghdad by unknown gunmen while was heading to
his work place in Karbala. Saray presented several political and
religious programs on al-Iraqiya TV. Television journalist Ahmed
al-Mullah said that traffic police saw Saray's car veer off the road
and crash but did not hear any gunshots. |
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He said that police have reported a silencer was used in what is
thought to have been a planned attack. In addition to being a
television presenter, Saray was also a trained lawyer, and served on
the local council of a Shiite neighborhood.
Human rights organization Reporters Without Borders released a
statement stating, "Reporters Without Borders calls for a proper
investigation capable of identifying and arresting both the
perpetrators and instigators of this murder and bringing them to
justice. It would be deplorable it this killing were to go
unpunished, which unfortunately has been the case in 99 per cent of
the 230 murders of journalists and media workers since the US-led
invasion in 2003."
Saray's death brings the death toll of al-Iraqiya journalists killed
since the removal of Saddam Hussien to 15. A total of 230
journalists and media assistants have been killed in Iraq since the
2003 U.S invasion. | |
| Sources:
Wikinews
Image: Baghdad by Spot Satellite
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