Salah al-Din Hassan

Year: 2013

Nationality: Egypt

Killed by: Political Group

Location: Port Said, Egypt

Press organization: Shaab Masr

What's Salah al-Din Hassan's story?

Salah al-Din Hassan,37-year-old reporter with independent news website Shaab Masr (Egyptian People), was killedby a homemade bombthrown by an unidentified person while covering a demonstration againstPresident Mohamed Morsi in the city of Port Said, the website reported. Thebomb was hurled at protesters in Shuhada Square; Hassan picked it up to throwit away but it exploded, killing him and injuring 16 others, according to news reports. AydaSobh, Hassan’s mother, blamed Morsi’s supporters, according to the reports.

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