Daily Pakistan
June 2, 2007, in Bajaur, Pakistan
Khan, a correspondent for the Daily Pakistan and a vice president of the Tribal Union of Journalists, was one of five people killed by a roadside bomb in the Bajaur region of the North-West Frontier Province, near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.
Behroz Khan, the Peshawar-based reporter for The News, confirmed news reports that the victim was returning from covering a jirga, a traditional court. He had been invited to witness the demolition of a house belonging to the perpetrator of a February car bombing that had killed a local physician. The demolition was part of the disposition of the court case. Khan was traveling with a local official and a tribal chief who had taken a role in the case, according to news reports. Their car was third in a convoy returning from the area, reports said, and it might have been specifically targeted.
Medium: Print
Job: Print Reporter
Beats Covered: Politics, War
Gender: Male
Local or Foreign: Local
Freelance: No
Type of Death: Dangerous Assignment
Suspected Source of Fire: Political Group
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