Mohan Hussein al-Dhahir

Year: 2007

Nationality: Iraq

Killed by: Political Group

Location: Baghdad, Iraq

Press organization: Al-Mashreq

What's Mohan Hussein al-Dhahir's story?

Several gunmen in two vehicles attempted to abduct al-Dhahir, 49, managing editor of the Baghdad daily Al-Mashreq, at 8:30 a.m. while he waited outside his home in Baghdad’s Al-Jamia neighborhood for the paper’s car to pick him up for work, according to sources at the paper. After a struggle, the sources said, the gunmen shot al-Dhahir six times in the back and once in the head.

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