14 October 2004
Dina Mohammed Hassan
Shooting
A female Iraqi television journalist was killed in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.
Ministry spokesman Col. Adnan Abdul Rahman said the reporter was fatally shot by three assailants driving by in an Opel car around 8:00 am.
The journalist was identified as Dina Mohammed Hassan, who was working for Kurdish-run Al-Hurriya TV, said the station's director Nawrooz Mohammed. He confirmed the assassination and said an investigation is underway. He gave no further details.
