International News Safety Institute

13 May 2010

Said Ibragimov

Incident

Said Ibragimov

Cause of death

Explosion

Details

Said Ibragimov, director of the local TBS television channel, was killed on his way to restore a TV transmitter, damaged by militants the day before.

Near the village of Ayazi his Niva, carrying a team of repairmen, and the accompanying police jeep were ambushed by gunmen who set off a bomb in front of the vehicles and then opened fire. They killed five, among them Ibragimov, and wounded four.

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