Iraqi journalist shot dead
Iraq, Local, 7/5/2006

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today spoke of the killing of Iraqi journalist Alaa Hassan, who was killed while on his way to work.

"The death of another Iraqi journalist fills us with sorrow and anger," said IFJ General Secretary Aidan White. "This is a country in which violence and killing has become a routine and intolerable feature of daily life and in which journalists continue to be prominent among the victims. It is imperative that the Iraqi government acts quickly to bring the killer to justice."

Hassan, who was working as a contributor for Inter Press Service (IPS), was on his way to work in Baghdad when he was fired on by gunmen, the media company said in a statement.

The IPS said that, according to their information, the attack was not targeted, but that their colleague "was just in the wrong place at the wrong time" and a victim of the "senseless violence engulfing Iraq."

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