Gunmen kill Syria state TV cameraman
2012-12-22 14:19
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Damascus - A cameraman for Syrian state television has been
gunned down outside his home in Damascus, the broadcaster reported on Saturday,
blaming the attack on "terrorists", the regime's term for rebels.
"Our colleague Haidar al-Sumudi, cameraman for Syrian
Arab Television, was shot dead by an armed terrorist group outside his home in
Kfar Sousa in Damascus," the television said, without specifying when the
attack took place.
According to state news agency SANA, Sumudi was attacked
while he was on his way home from work.
Born in 1967, Sumudi had worked for state television since
1998.
Even before his death, at least 17 paid journalists and 44
citizen journalists had been killed in violence in Syria since the uprising
against President Bashar al-Assad's rule erupted in March last year, according
to mid-December figures from media watchdog Reporters Without Borders.
State media correspondents have been hit as well as
independent journalists. On 4 December, a reporter for government newspaper
Tishrin was shot dead in Damascus. Last month, a state television reporter was
gunned down.
