International News Safety Institute

24 September 2011

Hassan al-Wadhaf

Incident

Hassan al-Wadhaf

Cause of death

Shooting

Details

A Yemeni cameraman died in a Sana'a hospital on Saturday, five days after being struck by sniper fire while covering an anti-government protest in the capital, according to local and international news reports.

Hassan al-Wadhaf, who filmed his own shooting, is the second journalist to be killed in Yemen since demonstrations began in February.

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