International News Safety Institute

12 September 2004

Mazen al-Tomaisi

Incident

Mazen al-Tomaisi

Cause of death

Other non-natural

Details

Palestinian television journalist, Mazen al-Tomaisi, was killed and two photographers wounded when US helicopters fired missiles into a mob in Baghdad during fierce fighting Sunday, Al-Arabiya television said.

Mazen al-Tomaisi, 28, who worked for Saudi television Akhbariya and as a producer for the pan-Arab satellite channel Al-Arabiya, was killed covering the fighting in Haifa Street which erupted after a US helicopter air strike, said Al-Arabiya reporter Ahmed Saleh.

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