Journalists Killed in 2006 - Motive Unconfirmed: Raed Qays

Publisher Committee to Protect Journalists
Publication Date January 2007
Cite as Committee to Protect Journalists, Journalists Killed in 2006 - Motive Unconfirmed: Raed Qays, January 2007, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4e6496205.html [accessed 17 September 2023]
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Sawt al-Iraq
October 13, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq

Unidentified gunmen murdered Qays, a journalist for radio station Sawt al-Iraq, according to CPJ sources. The assailants intercepted the journalist's vehicle in Baghdad's northern neighborhood of Al-Dura, the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory reported, citing the independent news agency Aswat al-Iraq.

Qays' sister, a passenger, was unharmed, the observatory said. Qays, 28, also worked for Radio Sumer, part of the Iraqi satellite network Al-Sumaria.

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