04 December 2005
Naseer Khan Afridi
Crossfire
Naseer Khan Afridi, the president of Tribal Union of Journalists Darra Adamkhel and journalist for Khabrain, a daily Urdu language newspaper, was killed while driving in his car in Northern Pakistan.
Afridi was on his way to the press club to attend a meeting when two rival parties, the Bazi Khel and the Mala Khel tribes, opened fire on each other in the main bazaar. A bullet hit the journalist that proved fatal. He expired on his way to hospital.