Islamic State executes Iraqi journalist, three others

October 11, 2014 07:23 am | Updated November 17, 2021 04:08 am IST - Baghdad

An Iraqi news cameraman, along with his brother and two other civilians, was executed by the Islamic State (IS) militants in public on Friday, his relatives said.

They were executed in a village to the north of Baghdad, Xinhua quoted reporter Raad al-Azzawi’s relatives as saying.

The militants shot dead the 37-year-old, who worked for local news channel Sama Salaheddin , and the other three victims in Samra.

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