Dmitry Chebotayev

Year: 2007

Nationality:

Killed by: Political Group

Location: Diyala, Iraq

Press organization: freelance

What's Dmitry Chebotayev's story?

Chebotayev was the first Russian journalist to be killed in Iraq after the U.S.-led invasion of March 2003. A freelance photographer embedded with U.S. forces, Chebotayev was killed along with six American soldiers when a roadside bomb struck a U.S. military vehicle in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad.

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