Naji Asaad
Year: 2012
Nationality: Syria
Killed by: Political Group
Location: Damascus, Syria
Press organization: Tishreen
What's Naji Asaad's story?
A sniper shot Asaad, an editor for the state-run daily Tishreen,outside his home in the Tadamoun neighborhood of Damascus, according the statenews agency SANA and other pro-government news outlets. Asaad, who was on hisway to work, was struck in the head, the reports said. SANA claimed he waskilled by “armed terrorist groups,” a catch-all phrase the government used todescribe all armed opposition forces. Asaad, who was born in 1951, had moved into semi-retirementbut continued to write and oversee editorial content at Tishreen,according to news reports. The Tadamoun neighborhood had been the site of continuousrecent fighting between rebels and government forces, according to news reports.
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