Anti-ISIL Syrian journalist assassinated in Gaziantep
Syrian activist and
journalist Naji al-Jarf, who recently shot a documentary covering
atrocities committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), was killed in the southern Turkish province of Gaziantep on Sunday.
Gunmen fatally shot 37-year-old al-Jarf as he walked down a street in the southern city of Gaziantep, according to the Observatory and the Syrian opposition's Shaam Network news group. Al-Jarf was the editor-in-chief of the pro-opposition Syrian Hinta Magazine, according to Shaam Network.
The Observatory's chief, Rami Abdurrahman, said al-Jarf was killed with a pistol outfitted with a silencer, adding that the motive for the killing was unknown.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the slaying. In October, ISIL said it was behind the killing of two opposition activists in the southern Turkish city of Şanlıurfa.
Reports say the journalist has been targeted by ISIL due to his anti-ISIL work. Police are now examining security camera footage and hearing the testimonies of eyewitnesses.
Gunmen fatally shot 37-year-old al-Jarf as he walked down a street in the southern city of Gaziantep, according to the Observatory and the Syrian opposition's Shaam Network news group. Al-Jarf was the editor-in-chief of the pro-opposition Syrian Hinta Magazine, according to Shaam Network.
The Observatory's chief, Rami Abdurrahman, said al-Jarf was killed with a pistol outfitted with a silencer, adding that the motive for the killing was unknown.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the slaying. In October, ISIL said it was behind the killing of two opposition activists in the southern Turkish city of Şanlıurfa.
Reports say the journalist has been targeted by ISIL due to his anti-ISIL work. Police are now examining security camera footage and hearing the testimonies of eyewitnesses.
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