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Islamic State executes Iraqi journalist, three others

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IANS Baghdad

An Iraqi news cameraman, along with his brother and two other civilians, was executed by the Islamic State (IS) militants in public 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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First Published: Oct 11 2014 | 2:28 AM IST

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