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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