Egyptian reporter dies after protest shooting [View All]

[Turborama]

Source: CBC

Last Updated: Friday, February 4, 2011 | 5:14 PM ET

An Egyptian reporter who was shot during clashes a week ago died of his wounds Friday, his employer said, in the first reported death of a journalist in the chaos surrounding Egypt's anti-government protests.

Ahmed Mohammed Mahmoud, 36, was taking photographs of fighting between protesters and security forces from the balcony of his home when he was shot Jan. 28, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram said on its website.

Mahmoud worked for Al-Taawun, a newspaper put out by the Al-Ahram publishing house. He lived near central Tahrir Square, the focal point of protest rallies as well as clashes this week between large crowds of supporters and opponents of President Hosni Mubarak.

The United Nations described brazen assaults on reporters that occurred during this week's violence as an attempt to stifle coverage of anti-government protests. President Barack Obama said attacks on reporters, human rights workers and peaceful protesters in Egypt were "unacceptable."

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2011/02/04/egypt-journalists-attacks.html

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Activists from Reporters Without Borders hold pictures of injured reporters as they
demonstrate outside the Egyptian Embassy in Paris on Friday.
(Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)