Express TV and Daily Express
May 22, 2008, in Khar, Pakistan
Ibrahim, a reporter for Express TV, was gunned down by
unidentified men outside Khar, the main town of the Bajaur tribal area,
according to news reports. The journalist was returning by motorcycle from an
interview with local Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar, according to the Pakistan
Federal Union of Journalists and Imtiaz Ali, a Washington Post correspondent
based in the nearby regional capital of Peshawar.
The assailants took the footage of Ibrahim's interview with
the Taliban spokesman, said Ali, citing information from local journalists. Ali
said that Ibrahim also worked for the Urdu-language Daily Express. No arrests
or claims of responsibility were made.
Medium: Television
Job: Broadcast Reporter
Beats Covered: Politics
Gender: Male
Local or Foreign: Local
Freelance: No
Type of Death: Murder
Suspected Source of Fire: Unknown Fire
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
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