One dead as Al-Jazeera's Baghdad office hit

The Al-Jazeera television network today said one of its journalists was killed when its Baghdad office was hit during a US bombing campaign.

The Al-Jazeera television network today said one of its journalists was killed when its Baghdad office was hit during a US bombing campaign.

Tareq Ayoub died after suffering serious wounds, the network said, describing him as a “martyr of duty” and a “dear and loyal colleague”.

The Arabic-language satellite network had earlier aired footage of the cameraman with his chest covered in blood.

Al-Jazeera said another member of its crew was missing.

The Abu Dhabi TV office in Baghdad was also targeted by US bombing, the station said. A group of people were seen carrying a wounded man to a jeep belonging to Abu Dhabi TV before rushing to a hospital.

Al-Jazeera showed images of another bomb crashing into the same neighbourhood on the bank of the River Tigris. Several television channels have offices in the area.

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