Ahmed Shawkat
Year: 2003
Nationality: Iraq
Killed by: Political Group
Location: Mosul, Iraq
Press organization: Bilah Ittijah
What's Ahmed Shawkat's story?
Shawkat, editor of the weekly Bilah Ittijah (Without Direction), was shot and killed by one or more gunmen at his office in Mosul. According to press reports, a gunman and an accomplice followed the journalist to the roof of his office in the afternoon. One local journalist told CPJ that Shawkat was on the roof making a call from his satellite telephone when he was shot.
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