Ahmed Abdul Samad, a correspondent for Iraqi cable news outlet Dijla TV, was found shot dead in his car outside a police station on January 10 in Basra. Samad was covering the anti-government protests, the TV station said in a statement. His colleague, a cameraman suffered bullet wounds and was rushed to hospital where he died.
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