Safah Abdul Hameed

Safah Abdul Hameed (died September 8, 2010) was an Iraqi journalist and television presenter for the al-Mosuliyah satellite television station.[1] Hameed was shot and killed by gunmen outside of his home in Mosul, Iraq, on September 8, 2010.[1] He was survived by six children.[1]

Hameed's murder was the second killing of an Iraqi television presenter in just two days.[1] On September 7, 2010, prominent Iraqi presenter Riad al-Saray of Al Iraqiya was shot and killed while driving from his home in Baghdad to Karbala.[1] Hameed was also assassinated just one day after Reporters Without Borders declared the Iraq War as the deadliest conflict for members of the media since World War II.[1] 230 members of the media, including 172 journalists, have been killed in Iraq since 2003, as of September 2010.[1][2]

References
  1. "Second Iraq TV presenter shot, Baghdad bombs kill four". BBC News. 2010-09-08. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  2. "Iraq state TV anchor killed". AFP. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2010.


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