International News Safety Institute

28 June 2006

Alaa Hassan

Incident

Alaa Hassan

Cause of death

Shooting

Details

Alaa Hassan, who was working as a contributor for Inter Press Service (IPS), was on his way to work in Baghdad when he was fired on by gunmen, the media company said in a statement.

The IPS said that according to their information the attack was not targeted, but that their colleague "was just in the wrong place at the wrong time".

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