Pakistan
Pakistani reporter's family killedPosted Apr 20 2007
The brother, father, uncle and cousin of Urdu-language Inkishaf reporter Din Muhammed were killed by unknown foreign militants on April 1. According to reports from local and international news organizations, a gunfight erupted at the reporter's home in South Waziristan; three other family members were abducted, but it is unclear whether Muhammed is one of them. Din Muhammed recently went with a group of visiting reporters to the town of Wana, the site of a recent clash between local Waziri tribesmen and Uzbek militants with suspected links to al-Qaeda. For more information visit www.cpj.org.