International News Safety Institute

10 March 2009

Haidar Hashim Suhail

Incident

Haidar Hashim Suhail and Souhaib Adnan

Cause of death

Explosion

Details

Cameraman Haidar Hashim Suhail, 27, and correspondent Souhaib Adnan, 30, of Baghdadiya TV, a Cairo-based independent station, were killed in a suicide bombing west of Baghdad.

The suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a crowd of tribal leaders and senior security officials in a market in Abu Ghraib. The journalists were covering a reconciliation meeting attended by Sunni and Shi'a sheiks and prominent officials, including the deputy Interior Minister for tribal affairs. In all, 33 people were killed in Tuesday's attack.

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