Siraj Abishov
Year: 2021
Nationality: Azerbaijan
Killed by: Military Officials
Location: Kalbajar district, Azerbaijan
Press organization: AzTV
What's Siraj Abishov's story?
Siraj Abishov, a camera operator with the Azerbaijani state broadcaster AzTV, and Maharram Ibrahimov, a correspondent for the Azerbaijani state news agency AzerTag, were on assignment in Azerbaijan’s Kalbajar district, near Nagorno-Karabakh, on June 4, 2021, when the vehicle they were riding in hit a landmine, killing both journalists at the scene, according to multiple news reports and a tweet by Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov.
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