Mohammad Saeed
Year: 2013
Nationality: Syria
Killed by: Political Group
Location: Aleppo, Syria
Press organization: Al-Arabiya
What's Mohammad Saeed's story?
Saeed, a reporter, was fatally shot byunidentified armed men in a town outside of Aleppo, according to news reports. There are conflicting reports on theprecise circumstances of Saeed’s death. According to Al-Arabiya, he was at a barber shop in the town ofHaritan when three unidentified gunmen shot him in the head with a silencedpistol. The Aleppo Media Center and Orient News said that Saeed was shot outside the barbershop by gunmen in a movingvehicle. According to the Syrian RevolutionaryGeneral Commission (SRGC), a coordinating body representing dozens ofopposition groups, Saeed began his career early in the revolution as a mediaactivist, and worked as the SRGC’s official spokesman in Aleppo, where he wasinterviewed by international satellite networks such as Al-Jazeera. He then worked as a reporter for Orient News in Aleppo before he began reporting for Al-Arabiya from the same city. Saeed’s coverage for Al-Arabiya included anOctober 16, 2013, report on clashes at a prison in Aleppo. The Associated Press reported that Saeed was an important news source for its journalists, and thoseof other international news outlets. An unidentified colleague of Saeed’s saidthe journalist had received death threats from a group that he declined toidentify, Orient News reported. No groups have claimed responsibility forthe killing.
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