Ikhlas Ghanim, Iraq

Islamic State group militants executed Iraqi journalist Ikhlas Ghanim in Mosul on Sept. 8, 2015, independent Syrian press agency ARA News reported. Ghanim was reportedly shot dead in front of a crowd on charges of supporting ‘propaganda’ against the group. Local sources said the militants killed Ghanim because she was reporting on atrocities committed by the group.

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