Saman Abdullah Izzedine

Year: 2005

Nationality: Iraq

Killed by: Political Group

Location: Kirkuk, Iraq

Press organization: Kirkuk TV

What's Saman Abdullah Izzedine's story?

Unidentified assailants gunned down Izzedine, a news anchor for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan-backed Kirkuk TV as he was driving on the main highway from Kirkuk to Baghdad. Kurdish journalists in Kirkuk said that Izzedine’s car was fired on by a group of armed men driving in a black Nissan. After Izzedine was shot, his attackers threw his body onto the road and left the scene, the journalists reported.

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