International News Safety Institute

15 November 2006

Fadia Mohammed Abid

Incident

Fadia Mohammed Abid

Cause of death

Road accident

Details

Gunmen killed on Wednesday a female Iraqi journalist working for a local daily and her driver in the northern city of Mosul, police said.

Colonel Abdel Karim al-Juburi said gunmen in another car killed Fadia Mohammed Abid and her driver in Tahrir neighbourhood of east Mosul. "The two were killed while on the way to the office," he said. Abid worked for Al-Masar, an independent newspaper.

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