International News Safety Institute

04 October 2014

Yaqoob Shehzad

Incident

Journalist shot dead in Pakistan

Cause of death

Shooting

Details

Shehzad, who was also chairman of the Hafizabad Press Club, is believed to have been sitting in a friend's office when he was shot by a gunman who had arrived on a motorcycle with another man. The gunman also shot and injured an employee of the office, the reports said, quoting the journalist's brother Muhammad Farooq. Shehzad was taken to hospital where he died. Source of information: The Tribune, Pakistan

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