International News Safety Institute

12 July 2007

Saeed Chmagh

Incident

Saeed Chmagh

Cause of death

Crossfire

Details

Driver Saeed Chmagh, 40, working for Reuters in Iraq was killed along with his photographer in eastern Baghdad at a time when clashes had been taking place between U.S. forces and militants in the area.

The cause of his death is unclear. Witnesses spoke of an explosion in the area. Iraqi police said either a U.S. air strike or a mortar attack had occurred. Chmagh was married with four children.

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