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Incident : JO_0056

An alleged attack resulted in the injury of Al-Masirah TV cameraman Sadiq Mubarak Saleh Al-Shammar, while covering the battles in the Al-Maslub front in Al-Jawf governorate on October 19, 2017

Thu Oct 19 2017Jawf
Summary:

Several sources on news sites, Twitter and Facebook, claimed that Al-Masirah TV cameraman Sadiq Mubarak Saleh Al-Shammar was injured by the fire of forces loyal to the Saudi-led coalition while covering the course of the battles on the Al-Maslub front in Al-Jawf governorate. Pictures were also circulated on a news website by photographer Sadiq Mubarak Al-Shammar after he was injured while lying in a car.

Alleged perpetrator:

Government forces in aljawf

Area of control:

Disputed areas

Delivery method:

Small arms

Weapons used:

Small arms

Casualties:

True

Direct hit:

Unknown

Double tap:

false

Multiple targeted strikes:

false

Remote location:

false

Established pre-conflict:

Observations:

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