Polish, Algerian reporters shot dead in Iraq

The deceased reporters worked for TVP public television

One Polish and one Algerian journalist have been shot dead and a Polish cameraman has been wounded in central Iraq.

Poland's embassy in Iraq confirmed that two people, including one Pole, were killed near Latifiya, about 30 km south of Baghdad on Friday on the road to Babylon, where the headquarters of the Polish military force in Iraq is based.

"According to the information we have, this morning...south of Baghdad a car was attacked. Everything indicates that it was carrying a reporting team from (public television) TVP," said Tomasz Gielzecki, charge d'affaires at the Polish embassy.

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