Sarmad Hamdi Shaker
Year: 2007
Nationality: Iraq
Killed by: Political Group
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Press organization: Baghdad TV
What's Sarmad Hamdi Shaker's story?
Shaker, 43, a correspondent for the satellite channel Baghdad TV, left his home in Baghdad’s Al-Jamia neighborhood for work on the morning of June 27. He was waiting on the street for a friend to pick him up, a source at the station told CPJ, when a car carrying several gunmen came alongside and two armed occupants asked him to get in for questioning, the source said. His body was found on the street in the same neighborhood that afternoon, according to the source.
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