Ahmed al-Assam

Year: 2012

Nationality: Syria

Killed by: Military Officials

Location: Homs, Syria

Press organization: Freelance

What's Ahmed al-Assam's story?

Al-Assam, a 21-year-old cameraman and citizen journalist,and filmmaker Bassel al-Shahade, were filming incursions by security forces inthe Homs neighborhood of Safsafa when a shell hit their car and killedthem, Amer Matar, an exiled Syrian journalist and a close friend of al-Shahade,told CPJ. News reports suggested that security forces targeted the journalistsbecause they were filming.

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