International News Safety Institute

07 August 2014

Leyla Yildizhan

Incident

Turkish journalist killed in Iraq during clashes

Cause of death

Explosion

Details

Reporters without Borders said Monday that Leyla Yildizhan, who is Kurdish and uses the pseudonym Deniz Firat, was killed on Aug. 8 during fighting between the Iraqi Kurdish fighters and the Islamic State group. It said the journalist, who worked for the Firat news agency and other Kurdish media, died from a mortar shell wound. The group said "the work of journalists is crucial at wartime. Every effort must be made to guarantee their safety, along with the safety of all sectors of the civilian population." Read the original article here.

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