10 March 2009
Javed Yazamy
Shooting
Javed Yazamy, a freelance cameraman, reporter and "fixer" was gunned down by unknown men in a drive-by shooting as he left his office in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Yazamy, 23, was shot in his vehicle along a main boulevard in Kandahar city, not far from the governor's palace, when another car pulled along the passenger side and a gunman opened fire. He died instantly. Yazamy - also known as Javed Ahmad but known to most by his nickname, Jojo - worked primarily as a cameraman for CTV News, but was often hired on a day-to-day basis by other media organizations as well, including The Canadian Press. In 2007, he was arrested by United States forces and held at Bagram Air Base for about 11 months.
