19 October 2005
Mohammad Harun Hassan
Shooting
Mohammad Harun Hassan, an editor and the Executive Secretary of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, was gunned down by unknown attackers in Baghdad city centre.
Harun Hassan was the editor-in-chief of the highly regarded Nabdh Al Shabeb Newspaper. He was known for being a well-respected senior journalist and an influential trade union activist who held a top position within the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.
He was on his way to meet the editor in chief of the Baghdad paper Al Qarar in the early afternoon when he was shot four times while driving near the Al Nahda quarter.
