IRAQ: A photographer and a driver employed by Reuters have been killed in Baghdad, witnesses said it happened after an attack by U.S. troops

Record ID: 223249

  • Title: IRAQ: A photographer and a driver employed by Reuters have been killed in Baghdad, witnesses said it happened after an attack by U.S. troops
  • Date: 12th July 2007
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF DAMAGE / BAG WITH LOGO AMONGST DEBRIS
  • Embargoed: 27th July 2007 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: War / Fighting,Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVAE465DJAX9OPFA82UTFV1A5EHV
  • Story Text: An Iraqi photographer and driver working for Reuters in Iraq were killed in Baghdad on Thursday (July 12), the international news and information company said.
    22-year-old photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, and 40-year-old driver Saeed Chmagh, were killed in eastern Baghdad at a time when clashes had been taking place between U.S. forces and militants in the area.
    Eight other people were killed in the clashes.
    The cause of the Reuters employees' deaths was unclear, although witnesses spoke of an explosion in the area. Iraqi police said either a U.S. air strike or a mortar attack had occurred.
    The deaths take to six the number of Reuters employees killed in Iraq since U.S.-led forces invaded the country in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein.
    Reuters Editor-in-Chief David Schlesinger said the deaths were a tragic reminder of the risks journalists face in covering the war in Iraq.
    Noor-Eldeen was single. Chmagh was married with four children.
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