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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