Hiro Muramoto
Year: 2010
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Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Press organization: Reuters
What's Hiro Muramoto's story?
Muramoto, 43, was shot in the chest in Bangkok‘sOld Town area while covering armed clashesbetween security forces and red-shirted protesters with the United Front forDemocracy Against Dictatorship, or UDD, according to news accounts and CPJinterviews. A 15-year Reuters veteran based in Tokyo,Muramoto was pronounced dead at a Bangkokhospital. He was one of two foreign journalists killed during violent politicalunrest that gripped the capital for several weeks. Fabio Polenghi, an Italianfreelance photographer, was killed in crossfire in May.
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