Raeda Wazzan

Year: 2005

Nationality: Iraq

Killed by: Political Group

Location: Mosul, Iraq

Press organization: Al-Iraqiya

What's Raeda Wazzan's story?

Wazzan, a news anchor with the Iraqi state TV channel Al-Iraqiya whowas kidnapped on February 20, was found dead five days later on aroadside in Mosul, where the journalist had lived and worked, accordingto press reports citing her husband. She had been shot in the headrepeatedly. Gunmen had also kidnapped Wazzan’s 10-year-old son, but hewas released days later.

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