2 Iraqi Journalists Shot Dead While Covering Anti-Government Protests

Iraqis take part in a rally on Jan. 11, 2020, to mourn two reporters (image) shot dead the previous evening in the country's southern city of Basra, where they had been covering months of anti-government protests. HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images

Two journalists working for the Iraqi broadcaster Dijlah TV have been shot dead in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad confirmed.

Correspondent Ahmed Abdel Samad and cameraman Safaa Ghali were covering protests in the city on Jan. 10, when unknown gunmen opened fire on their vehicle, killing them both.