Journalists Killed in 2007 - Motive Confirmed: Shehab Mohammad al-Hiti
| Publisher | Committee to Protect Journalists |
| Publication Date | January 2008 |
| Cite as | Committee to Protect Journalists, Journalists Killed in 2007 - Motive Confirmed: Shehab Mohammad al-Hiti, January 2008, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4e649640c.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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Baghdad al-Youm
October 28, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq
Al-Hiti, 27, an editor for the fledgling weekly Baghdad al-Youm, was last seen leaving his home in Baghdad's western neighborhood of Al-Jamia to go to the paper's offices around midday, a source at the paper told CPJ. Iraqi security forces found the journalist's body later that afternoon in Baghdad's northeastern Ur neighborhood and transported it to Baghdad's Al-Tib al-Adli Hospital morgue, the source said.
A local journalist told CPJ that Ur neighborhood is adjacent to Baghdad's Sadr City, controlled by the Mahdi Army, led by radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The CPJ source said that he was not aware of any prior death threats against the journalist. Baghdad al-Youm had been publishing for only three weeks.
| Medium: | |
| Job: | Editor |
| Beats Covered: | Politics |
| Gender: | Male |
| Local or Foreign: | Local |
| Freelance: | No |
| Type of Death: | Murder |
| Suspected Source of Fire: | Political Group |
| Impunity: | Yes |
| Taken Captive: | No |
| Tortured: | No |
| Threatened: | No |