Ahmed Assem el-Senousy

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Ahmed Assem el-Senousy, a photographer for the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom
and Justice
newspaper, was killed while covering clashes in Cairo,
according to news reports.

El-Senousy, 26, was shot by a sniper
after photographing security forces firing on pro-Morsi protesters, Freedom
and Justice
reported. El-Senousy had been covering clashes
between security forces and pro-Morsi protesters at the Republican Guards
headquarters, which left at least 54
dead
, according to news reports. The protests came the week after the
Egyptian military announced the removal of former president Mohamed Morsi.

Abeer al-Saady, vice chairman of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate, told
CPJ that his organization would be granting
el-Senousy an honorary membership and would be supporting his family with a
pension.