Alaa Kraym (Mohammed al-Qabouni)
Year: 2017
Nationality: Syria
Killed by: Military Officials
Location: Qaboun, Syria
Press organization: Qaboun Media Center
What's Alaa Kraym (Mohammed al-Qabouni)'s story?
Journalist and media activist Alaa Kraym, also known as Mohammed al-Qabouni, was killed on May 4, 2017, in Qaboun, a suburb east of Damascus, according to the Qaboun Media Center and the Syrian Media Organization. There were conflicting reports as to how the 22-year-old journalist died: The Qaboun Media Center told CPJ in an email that Kraym was killed by a tank shell fired by the Syrian army, while the Syrian Media Organization reported on its website that he was killed in a Russian airstrike.
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