Samim Faramarz, Afghanistan

Samim Faramarz, 28, a reporter for a private broadcaster, Tolo News, was killed in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul in a suicide bombing targeting journalists, security services and media services personnel attending to the victims of a previous attack on a wrestling club on September 5.  A colleague of Faramaz was also killed in the attacked.

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