Endangering the Media
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Incident : JO_0030

An alleged attack by the Saudi-led coalition warplanes targeted a residential neighborhood located on east of the Al-Jarf district in Sana'a, killing the Al-Masirah TV cameraman Bilal Muhammad Sharif Al-Din on September 17, 2015

Thu Sep 17 2015Sanaa
Summary:

Several sources on news sites, Twitter and Facebook claimed that the Saudi-led coalition warplanes targeted the Eastern Jarf neighborhood in the city of Sanaa with two airstrikes, which led to the killing of the journalist and photographer Bilal Muhammad Sharif al-Din, the cameraman of the Al-Masirah satellite channel, while he was in the neighborhood to photograph the victims of the first airstrike. He was killed in the second airstrike. Some sources also claimed that the journalist had died as a result of his injury.

Alleged perpetrator:

Saudi-led coalition

Area of control:

Houthis Rebel movement

Delivery method:

Air strike

Weapons used:

Air strike

Casualties:

True

Direct hit:

False

Double tap:

true

Multiple targeted strikes:

false

Remote location:

true

Established pre-conflict:

Observations:

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