04 October 2006
Jassem Hamad Ibrahim
Shooting
Jassem Hamad Ibrahim, a driver for the Iraqi state television channel Al-Iraqiya was shot by unidentified gunmen in Mosul.
The assailants ambushed Ibrahim in the afternoon as he was running errands for the station. His body was found riddled with bullets. Earlier that day, Ibrahim had driven several camera operators around Mosul to film footage. The slaying occurred about 30 minutes after Ibrahim dropped off the camera operators at the station. They later reported that they believed they had been followed during the assignment.
