07 February 2005
Allah Noor and Mir Nawab
Shooting
Gunmen fired into a small bus filled with journalists on their way back from covering the surrender of a suspected militant in the tribal region killing two reporters and wounding two others.
The journalists were on a road near Wana, the main town in South Waziristan, when their bus was overtaken by the assailants. According to witness, there were at least two attackers. The bus stopped when the shooting started and its occupants took shelter by a wall next to the road.
The gunmen sprayed the bus with AK-47 assault rifles, then fled. The two slain journalists apparently died instantly on the bus. Mir Nawab, a freelance cameraman who worked for several media agencies, including Associated Press Television News, was killed along with Allah Noor, a reporter for 'The Nation', an English-language Pakistani newspaper.
According to witness, there were at least two attackers. The bus stopped when the shooting started and its occupants took shelter by a wall next to the road. The two slain journalists apparently died instantly on the bus.
