A journalist who spent many years working for government media died on Monday, three days after he was shot while at home in Damascus.

According to the government-controlled Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), Shukri Abu el-Burghol was shot in the eye while at home preparing a report for the radio station where he worked. El-Burghol had previously worked in the censorship department of the state-run Al-Thawra newspaper.

His son reportedly told state television that there had been gunfire nearby; when El-Burghol went to the window to see what was happening, he was killed.

El-Burghol is the second journalist to have been killed since the unrest began last year.  In November, cameraman Ferzat Jarban was abducted while filming a demonstration near Homs, and was later found dead with his eyes gouged out.

Foreign media are largely banned from Syria and government media are tightly controlled, forcing independent journalists to rely on information and footage received from activists and citizens recording events on the street.

Last week, once such “citizen journalist,” 24 year-old videographer Basil Al-Sayid, was killed when government forces fired into a crowd of Homs protestors and shot him in the head on 29 December. Snipers have reportedly singled out anyone seen filming, but many continue to record the clashes and protests despite the risks, documenting the use of live fire against demonstrators and other atrocities.

CNN, which reported on his death, noted that brave young people like Al-Sayid have helped spread the news of Syrian atrocities to the wider world.