27 August 2024 | CPJ
Sindhi-language TV reporter shot dead in eastern Pakistan
Shooting
Awaz TV reporter Muhammad Bachal Ghunio was shot dead by at least seven unidentified assailants one morning in a field near his home. CPJ was unable to determine the reason for his killing.
Ghunio’s brother Sachal Ghunio told the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) that he was with the journalist and several others that morning as they went to the fields. Sachal Ghunio said that the attacker arrived and “shot at Bachal after stating that he had posted about dacoits [armed robbers] living in the katcha [riverine] areas,” PPF reported.
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