The attack took place on April 4 inside a heavily guarded district compound in the eastern province of Khost.
A man dressed in a police uniform opened fire on the two Associated Press journalists seated in the back of a car.
One of the women seated in the car was German Journalist Niedringhaus.
Niedringhaus was an internationally acclaimed war photographer who covered several conflict zones from Iraq to the Balkans. She had traveled to Afghanistan numerous times since the 2001 US-led invasion. As part of an AP team she won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography for the coverage of the Iraq war.
The offender has been reportedly arrested and is currently being interrogated. The car in which the two women were travelling belonged to a convoy of election workers delivering ballots to polling stations.culled n edited
RIP to both women.
RIP to her. Sad sad sad. See journalist in d thick of tins, if its all these naija journalists with fake accents they can't move close to the war torn country.
ReplyDeleteRIP to the women. Sad.
ReplyDeleteThat part of the world is violent-prone and. Should be avoided like a plague.
Nied...'S passion for her job tho.
Stella, trying to pronounce German names can bend one's tongue mbok.
BLOG ANALYSER: so sad! May their souls rest in perfect peace
ReplyDeleteToo bad. One of the reasons I abandoned Journalism after studying Mass Communication. Haba, this my country is not worth dying for.
ReplyDeleteRIP
ReplyDeleteRest in peace to great women who brought us stories in pictures.
ReplyDeleteHer photographs are powerful, intense and emotional provoking.
Sleep well!
They died in active service.....RIP LADIES!
ReplyDeleteR.I.P
ReplyDeleteAs sad as this is, it does not pertain to Nigeria or popular culture. The story trending right now is the story of Taiwo Onijeseku and his dalliance with Wendy K1's wife who is based in Canada while also being married to Jemilat who quite remarkably happens to be k1's ex. I would have expected you to jump on that story instead of copying dead bit news from The Elites blogspot that neither generate interest or comments. Not a satisfied blog visitor at all.
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