International News Safety Institute

04 October 2010

Tahrir Kadhim Jawad

Incident

Tahrir Kadhim Jawad

Cause of death

Explosion

Details

Freelance cameraman Tahrir Kadhim Jawad, 27, died instantly after a bomb attached to his car exploded in Garma, 50 miles west of Baghdad. 

Jawad was driving to the capital to deliver footage when the bomb exploded. He had worked as a journalist for seven years, first as an editor with the weekly Al-Karma, and then as a freelance cameraman who supplied numerous television broadcasters with footage. Jawad is survived by his wife and five children.

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