Libya - TV journalist shot dead in Benghazi

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns in the strongest terms the murder in Benghazi yesterday of Azzedine Kousad, a presenter on the satellite TV station al-Hurra. Three gunmen opened fire on his car, fatally wounding him with six shots, before fleeing. The 25-year-old journalist, a qualified doctor and respected sheikh in the east of the country, was reported to have received a telephone call a few days earlier threatening his life if he delivered a speech celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the (...)

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