Foreign Journalist Is Killed by Afghan Police Officer
April 5, 2014
A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for The Associated Press was shot to death on the eve of Afghanistan’s elections in an attack that wounded the news agency’s long-time reporter in the region.
Anja Niedringhaus, 48, a photographer who had covered numerous conflicts, and Kathy Gannon, 60, the reporter, were shot in Khost Province in eastern Afghanistan, where they had traveled to cover preparations for the country’s presidential election on Saturday.
Anja Niedringhaus, 48, a photographer who had covered numerous conflicts, and Kathy Gannon, 60, the reporter, were shot in Khost Province in eastern Afghanistan, where they had traveled to cover preparations for the country’s presidential election on Saturday.