Sunday Mirror reporter killed in Afghanistan
source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/01/10/sunday-mirror-reporter-rupert-hamer-kill...
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The Mirror reports that highly regarded reporter Rupert Hammer was killed at the weekend by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. It was his fifth trip to the country.
"To his colleagues he was a fine and fearless reporter, to his family a loving husband and dad.
"Dad-of-three Rupert was the first UK journalist killed in Afghanistan. Sunday Mirror photographer Phil Coburn was wounded in the attack that also claimed the life of a US marine and injured five other soldiers."
Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/01/10/sunday-mirror-reporter-ruper...
"To his colleagues he was a fine and fearless reporter, to his family a loving husband and dad.
"Dad-of-three Rupert was the first UK journalist killed in Afghanistan. Sunday Mirror photographer Phil Coburn was wounded in the attack that also claimed the life of a US marine and injured five other soldiers."
Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/01/10/sunday-mirror-reporter-ruper...
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- News and Politics, Afghanistan News
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- Afghanistan, Death, journalist, Mirror, 1 more
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drizake
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So sad. He had three children.
- 2 years ago
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drizake
