Anthony Macharia
Year: 1993
Nationality:
Killed by: Mob Violence
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia
Press organization: Reuters
What's Anthony Macharia's story?
Macharia, a Kenyan soundman working for Reuters; Hansi Krauss, a German photographer with the Associated Press; Hosea Maina, aKenyan photographer working for Reuters; and Dan Eldon, photographer holdingBritish and American passports and working for Reuters, were killed when a crowd, angeredby a the death of more than 70 Somalis in an aerial attack on GeneralMohamed Farah Aidid’s command post, set upon them wielding rocks,clubs, and guns. The four journalists, as well as Mohamed Shaffi,another Kenyan soundman for Reuters Television, were invited to viewthe damage after the attack and were escorted to the scene when thecrowd turned on them.
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