Yussef Sabri
Year: 2007
Nationality: Iraq
Killed by: Political Group
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Press organization: Biladi
What's Yussef Sabri's story?
Sabri, 26, a cameraman for the Biladi satellite channel, was among several journalists filming pilgrims traveling southwest from Baghdad to the Shiite holy city of Karbala, according to sources at the station. Iraqi security forces had set up checkpoints to safeguard the way for the pilgrims. Sabri and other journalists were traveling in a convoy with Brig. Gen. Qassim Atta al-Mussawi, Iraqi spokesman for the Baghdad security plan, who was reviewing the checkpoints.
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