Iraq - Another five journalists killed in targeted attack on TV station

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is dismayed to learn that five journalists were killed when gunmen staged a suicide attack yesterday on the headquarters of Salaheddin TV in the northern city of Tikrit. Two of the four gunmen detonated their explosive vests while security forces shot the other two before they could detonate theirs. Owned by the local government, Salaheddin is the biggest TV station in Salaheddin province. The five employees killed by the explosions were chief news editor Raad (...)

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