29 March 2011
Muammar al-Khadir Abdul Wahid and Sabah Al Bazee
Shooting
Muammar al-Khadir Abdul Wahid, a reporter for Eye Media News in Iraq, and Sabah Al-Bazee, a freelance journalist who worked for Reuters, were among more than 50 people killed when gunmen attacked a local government building in Tikrit, the hometown of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
Sabah al-Bazee, 30, who had contributed to Reuters in Iraq since 2004 and also worked as cameraman for several other media organizations, suffered shrapnel wounds in an explosion, said his cousin Mahmoud Salah, who confirmed his death. Bazee was married with three children. He was a native of Salahuddin province, north of Baghdad.
