International News Safety Institute

13 April 2014

Hamza al-Haj Hassan

Incident

3 journalists for Hezbollah TV killed in Syria

Cause of death

Shooting

Details

The station says the three were filming in the historic Christian town Monday after it was seized by the Syrian army when the crew came after fire. The TV said “armed gunmen” opened fire on the crew, using a term often employed by Syrian authorities to refer to rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. It identified the three as reporter Hamza al-Haj Hassan, technician, Halim Allaw, and cameraman Mohammed Mantash. A number of their colleagues were wounded, it said. >> Read the original article here Source: Associated Press via TIME

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