Iraqi TV Reporter Gunned Down in Own Home

By Andrew Gauthier 

AFP

Gunmen killed a young television news reporter in his home in the restive northern city of Mosul on Sunday, in the latest in a series of deadly attacks on journalists in Iraq, police said.

Mazin Mardan, in his mid-20s, was a correspondent for Al-Mosuliyah satellite television channel, covering hard news and carrying out interviews for the city’s local station.

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“Unknown gunmen raided the house of Mazin Mardan of Al-Mosuliyah satellite channel in the Al-Sadiq neighbourhood, east Mosul,” police Major Mohammed al-Hayali said. “They killed him and they escaped.” More…

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