Munir Turay
Year: 1999
Nationality: Sierra Leone
Killed by: Political Group
Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Press organization: freelance
What's Munir Turay's story?
Turay, a freelance reporter working for the independent newspaper Punch and the state-owned Daily Mail, as well as the state-owned Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service, was killed sometime between January 9 and January 15 in Kissy, in Freetown’s east end. The exact circumstances of his death are unknown, but colleagues who attended his funeral on February 9 reported that he had bullet holes in his back.
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