International News Safety Institute

22 July 2006

Sleiman Chidia

Incident

Sleiman Chidia

Cause of death

Explosion

Details

The Israeli airforce struck at telecommunications antennae near Beirut and in northern Lebanon.

The air strikes were above all targeted at LBC, whose broadcasts were interrupted. Air strikes at Terbol, in northern Lebanon, resulted in the broadcasts of LBC, Avenir TV and Al-Manar being cut in various parts of the country. LBC technician Sleiman Chidia was killed during an air strike on the station’s installations in Satka.

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