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Al Jazeera’s cameraman injured by bomb shrapnel is dead
Six days after he was injured by shrapnel in the head while covering a Syrian army bombardment in the province of Homs, Al Jazeera cameraman Zakaria Ibrahim has died.
Ibrahim was in the village of Teldo to report on what was expected to be a ceasefire between rebels and the forces of President Bashar al-Assad.
“The Al Jazeera crew was preparing to report on the agreed upon truce before [Assad] regime forces targeted Teldo,” Jalal Abu Sulaiman, an Al Jazeera reporter in the city, said.
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He was badly hit by shrapnel while filming the bombardment and sustained a severe head injury. The shrapnel was removed on the same day by medics but his condition remained critical, Abu Sulaiman said.
Before his death, Ibrahim had worked as a cameraman with Al Jazeera for more than one year and had filmed numerous clashes and peace agreements in the Homs.
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