30 July 2006
Riyad Muhammad Ali
Shooting
Ali, a reporter for the weekly Talafar al-Yawm, was shot by unidentified assailants in Mosul’s Wadi Aqab area.
One local source said he believes Ali was targeted because he was both a Shiite and a journalist. Sectarian violence in Talafar is intense, and Ali was a well-known reporter working for one of the few major local papers in the town.
