Hussein al-Zubaidi
Year: 2007
Nationality: Iraq
Killed by: Political Group
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Press organization: Al-Ahali
What's Hussein al-Zubaidi's story?
Gunmen abducted al-Zubaidi, an editor for the independent weekly Al-Ahali, in early morning in Baghdad’s eastern neighborhood of Al-Saleekh, a source at the paper told CPJ. Although there are conflicting dates for al-Zubaidi’s death, the source said he was killed on January 28. People identifying themselves as the abductors contacted al-Zubaidi’s family and demanded $20,000 but could not provide proof that the journalist was alive, the source said. Iraqi police notified the family the following day that al-Zubaidi’s body had been found.
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