U.S. Troops Kill Reuters Cameraman in Iraq

World | August 18, 2003, Monday // 00:00
U.S. Troops Kill Reuters Cameraman in Iraq Reuters cameraman Mazen Dana was shot dead by US troops outside the Abu Gharib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad. The photo shows him during a demonstration calling for the end of the killing of journalists by the Israeli army in Hebron. Photo by AFP

U.S. troops shot dead a Reuters cameraman while he was filming on Sunday on the outskirts of Baghdad. Mazen Dana, 43, filmed outside Abu Ghraib prison in western Baghdad which had earlier come under a mortar attack. The U.S. military acknowledged on Sunday that its troops had "engaged" a Reuters cameraman, saying they had thought his camera was a rocket propelled grenade launcher. Dana is the second Reuters cameraman to be killed since the U.S.-led force invaded Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein. He is married with four children.

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