UK cameraman shot dead

Published June 7, 2004

RIYADH, June 6: A British cameraman was shot and killed and another British journalist was wounded after gunmen opened fire on them as they filmed in a militant area in the Saudi capital Riyadh, a Western diplomat said.

The diplomat said the two journalists, who belonged to BBC, were in a car with a Saudi driver filming a house of a wanted Al Qaeda militant in the Suweidi district when they came under fire. The wounded journalist was not in serious condition, the diplomat said. -Reuters

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