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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