International News Safety Institute

31 May 2017

Omar Arghandewal

Incident

Omar Arghandewal - Radio Television Afghanistan

Cause of death

Explosion

Details

Arghandewal was traveling to work when he was caught in the blast, and was severely injured, Ilias Alami, Operations Manager at the Afghan Journalist Safety Committee, told CPJ. Arghandewal died of his injuries in hospital soon after, Alami said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. 

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