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A strike hit the car of three Chatr Multimedia Production Company journalists, killing video editor Hero Bahadin (left) and Turkish reporter Gulistan Tara (center) in Sulaymaniyah province, Iraq, on August 23, 2024. Rebin Bakir (right), a video editor and social media officer, was seriously injured. (Photos: Chatr Multimedia Production Company)

Two media workers killed, 1 injured in drone strike in Iraqi Kurdistan

August 23, 2024 2:27 PM EDT

Sulaymaniyah, August 23, 2024—A suspected Turkish drone strike killed two journalists and injured another in the Said Sadiq district of Sulaymaniyah province on Friday. “We are deeply saddened by the tragic August 23 drone strike that killed two journalists and injured a third in Iraqi Kurdistan,” said Yeganeh Rezaian, CPJ’s interim MENA program coordinator, in Washington, D.C. “Turkish authorities should swiftly…