Gunmen kill female TV presenter in Iraq

Al Mosuliyah TV presenter Nuaimi was killed near her home in Mosul.

By (AFP)

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Published: Sun 15 Dec 2013, 8:17 PM

Last updated: Tue 7 Apr 2015, 5:32 PM

Gunmen shot dead Al Mosuliyah TV presenter Nawras Al Nuaimi in northern Iraq on Sunday, the station and police said, the fifth journalist to be killed in the country in recent months.

Nuaimi was killed near her home in Mosul, Al Mosuliyah said. She was the fourth journalist to be killed in the northern city since October.

The city is one of the most dangerous areas in Iraq, with militants frequently carrying out attacks and also reportedly extorting money from shopkeepers.

Iraq has come in for repeated criticism over shortcomings in media freedom, and ranks first in the Committee to Protect Journalists’ Impunity Index, which tracks unsolved murders of journalists.


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