Sabawoon Kakar
Year: 2018
Nationality: Afghanistan
Killed by: Political Group
Location: Kabul, Afghanistan
Press organization: Radio Azadi,Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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Sabawoon Kakar, a video journalist with RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi, died from injuries sustained in a double suicide bomb attack on April 30, 2018, in Kabul, Afghanistan, that left over 25 dead, among them at least nine journalists including Kakar, RFE/RL reported. Kakar was one of the first journalists to arrive at the scene of the first suicide attack, RFE/RL reported. He was severely injured in the second blast that occurred when the attacker, disguised as a media worker, detonated his explosives in a scrum of reporters, according to media reports and RFE/RL.
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