07 May 2004
Waldemar Milewicz and Mounyr Beouamrane
Shooting
A Polish and an Algerian journalist, both working for Poland's TVP television, were shot dead by gunmen south of Baghdad, their Iraqi companion said.
A Polish cameraman was also wounded in the attack in Latafiya, 30km from Baghdad, Assir Kamel al-Kazzaz said.
The four were driving when gunmen pulled up behind and raked their vehicle with gunfire, Kazzaz said, killing the Polish journalist and bringing the car to a halt. The gunmen then turned round and came back to fire again, killing the Algerian and wounding the cameraman, he said.
An AFP photographer saw the two bodies on the roadside, in an area around Mahmudiya, Iskandiriya and Latifiya where insurgents have carried out a series of deadly ambushes since killing seven Spanish intelligence agents there last November.
