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Journalists Killed in 2017 - Motive Confirmed: Hussain Nazari

Publisher Committee to Protect Journalists
Publication Date 31 December 2017
Cite as Committee to Protect Journalists, Journalists Killed in 2017 - Motive Confirmed: Hussain Nazari, 31 December 2017, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5a4e33b5a.html [accessed 5 June 2023]
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Rah-E-Farda Radio and Television | Killed in Kabul, Afghanistan | November 17, 2017

Job:Camera Operator
Medium:Radio, Television
Beats Covered:Politics
Gender:Male
Local or Foreign:Local
Freelance:No
 
Type of Death:Dangerous Assignment
Suspected Source of Fire:Political Group
Impunity:
Taken Captive:
Tortured:
Threatened:

Hussain Nazari, a cameraman with Rah-e-Farda Radio and Television, died on November 17, 2017 from injuries sustained during a suicide attack in Kabul the day before, Ilias Alami, operations manager at the Afghan Journalist Safety Committee, told CPJ.

On November 16, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest in front of a meeting hall where Nazari and his colleague Taqi Sadid were covering a political meeting attended by several governors, according to Alami and a report from the New York Times.

Afghanistan's Tolo news site reported that Nazari died in the Kabul emergency hospital the next day.

At least 14 others died in the attack, and at least 18, including Sadid, were injured, according to The New York Times and Alami.

The extremist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, according to Terrormonitor, a social media site that tracks terrorist attacks. A Taliban spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, said his group did not carry out the attack, the New York Times reported.

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