Cameraman shot dead

A cameraman for the Reuters news agency was shot dead today while working near a US-run prison on the outskirts of Baghdad, the London-based news agency said.

Reuters said witnesses reported that Mazen Dana, 41, was filming outside Abu Ghraib prison in western Baghdad when he was shot.

“Mazen was one of Reuters’s finest cameramen and we are devastated by his loss. He was a brave and an award winning journalist who had worked in many of the world’s hotspots,” said Stephen Jukes, global head of news, in a statement.

A US military statement issued in Baghdad confirmed “a fatal accident involving a civilian at Abu Ghraib prison” and said an investigation was under way.