31 May 2009
Alaa Abdel-Wahab
Explosion
Al-Baghdadia television correspondent, Alaa Abdel-Wahab, was killed by a bomb attached to his car in Mosul, in northern Iraq, on Sunday.
Alaa Abdel-Wahab, a sports journalist with the Cairo-based station, was killed in the bombing, which also wounded Sultan Jerjis, a sports presenter with local radio station Al-Rasheed, local watchdog group the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory reported. Jerjis is said to be in stable condition, with injuries to his legs. It was unclear why the journalists were targeted.
Abdel-Wahab and Jerjis, who were on assignment to cover a story on the local Olympic committee, had just finished eating lunch and were getting into Abdel-Wahab's car when the bomb exploded, The Associated Press reported. Abdel-Wahab, 37, was severely wounded and was rushed to the city's main hospital where he was pronounced dead.
