29 May 2006
Munir Ahmed Sangi
Crossfire
Munir Ahmed Sangi, a cameraman for the Sindhi-language Kawish Television Network (KTN) was shot while covering a gunfight between members of the Unar and Abro tribes in the town of Larkana, in southeast Pakistan's Sindh district.
Police said Sangi was killed in crossfire, although some colleagues believe he may have been deliberately targeted for the station's reporting on a jirga, or tribal council, held by leaders of the Unar tribe, according to the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists.
An uncle and colleague of Sangi had recently been attacked in connection with KTN's reports that two children had been punished by the tribal court, PFUJ said. Mazhar Abbas, secretary-general of the PFUJ, said Sangi's body was not recovered for several hours after he was shot. The local police chief has suspended at least one police officer for negligence in the incident, according to media reports.
