Al-Wadhaf, a Yemeni cameraman for the Arabic Media Agency,
was shot twice in the face by a sniper while
covering an antigovernment protest in Sana’a on September 19, news reports
said. He managed to film the incident and was taken to the
hospital in the immediate aftermath, but died five days later from his injuries.
The fatal shots were fired by an unidentified rooftop
sniper, whose affiliation could not be verified. Snipers firing into crowds of
antigovernment demonstrators shot numerous other people in previous days,
according to international news reports.
The Arabic Media Agency, a production company, provided
reports for the Saudi-based satellite news channel Al-Ekhbariya, the U.S.
government-funded Al-Hurra, and the Iraqi state outlet Al-Iraqiya, among
others.