
Terrorist Killed, Reporter Shot in Wake of Mosul Suicide BombingAmerican Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON, A news release from Multinational Force Iraq said soldiers from 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, killed a man waving an AK-47 rifle and inciting a crowd of civilians at the site of an earlier suicide bombing. During the engagement an individual appearing to have a weapon was standing near the terrorist and was shot and injured. This individual turned out to be a reporter who was pointing a video camera, the news release reported. The reporter was taken to a military hospital for treatment with minor wounds and is expected to recover, the news release said, calling the incident a complex and volatile situation. The incident is under investigation. |
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2005/20050405_491.html
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