dinsdag, april 22, 2003
The Afghan authorities said they had arrested five men on suspicion of murdering four foreign journalists in southeastern Afghanistan in November 2001. Amrullah Salahi, a senior official of the national intelligence agency, said the men had confessed to the killings. State-run Radio Kabul said the suspects were supporters of the former Taliban government and of Osama bin Laden's network, Al Qaeda. Mr. Salahi said one had been arrested several months ago, leading to the arrest of the others. "Because of security issues involved, we could not reveal the arrest of the first person," he said.
Two Reuters journalists, Harry Burton, a cameraman from Australia, and Azizullah Haidari, an Afghan photographer, both 33, were killed Nov. 19, 2001, by unidentified gunmen at Tangi Abrishum, about 55 miles east of the capital, Kabul, on the road from Pakistan. A Spanish journalist, Julio Fuentes, of El Mundo and an Italian journalist, Maria Grazia Il Cutuli, of Corriere della Sera, were also killed in the attack.
Bron: The New York Times.
Two Reuters journalists, Harry Burton, a cameraman from Australia, and Azizullah Haidari, an Afghan photographer, both 33, were killed Nov. 19, 2001, by unidentified gunmen at Tangi Abrishum, about 55 miles east of the capital, Kabul, on the road from Pakistan. A Spanish journalist, Julio Fuentes, of El Mundo and an Italian journalist, Maria Grazia Il Cutuli, of Corriere della Sera, were also killed in the attack.
Bron: The New York Times.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 13:05
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