International News Safety Institute

06 May 2007

Dmitry Chebotayev

Incident

Dmitry Chebotayev

Cause of death

Explosion

Details

Chebotayev, 29, was a Moscow-based freelance photographer who was working in Iraq for the Russian edition of Newsweek magazine.

He had also worked for European Pressphoto Agency (EPA). Chebotayev and six soldiers from the US coalition died as a result of injuries sustained when their vehicle was attacked by a roadside bomb in Diyala Province, a military statement said.

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