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Iraq: Kurdish Journalist Arkan Sharif Assassinated

HeadlineNov 01, 2017

In Iraq, Kurdish journalist Arkan Sharif has been assassinated. Eight men broke into his home in a village outside Kirkuk and stabbed him to death in the early hours of Monday morning. His killing comes only hours after armed men attacked a television crew in Erbil. Iraq is one of the world’s deadliest countries for journalists.

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