International News Safety Institute

14 November 2012

Ziad Tareq

Incident

Iraqi journalist killed in Diyala blast

Cause of death

Explosion

Details

A local journalist working for the Diyala satellite television station was killed Wednesday evening (November 14th) when a sticky bomb attached to his car exploded in Baqubah, the capital of Diyala province, according to the provincial government.

Diyala province spokesperson Samira al-Shebli told Al-Shorfa that Ziad Tareq, the main news anchor at the television station, was driving his car when the bomb exploded near a restaurant in Baqubah. Five other civilians were wounded in the blast, she said.

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Source: Al-Shorfa

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