Leyla Yildizhan (Deniz Firat)
Year: 2014
Nationality:
Killed by: Military Officials, Political Group
Location: Makhmur District, Iraq
Press organization: Firat News Agency
What's Leyla Yildizhan (Deniz Firat)'s story?
Yildizhan, a Kurdish journalist who also goes by Deniz Firat, was killed when shrapnel from a mortar shell hit her in the chest, according to news reports. Yildizhan was covering the clashes in the Mukhmur district between Kurdish forces and insurgents with the Islamic State, an Al-Qaeda splinter group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham, the Firat News Agency said.
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