Shot BBC journalist 'mistaken for bomber'

A BBC journalist shot dead in Afghanistan was killed in a “case of mistaken identity” when a US soldier took him for a suicide bomber, a report has found.

Shot BBC journalist 'mistaken for bomber'

A BBC journalist shot dead in Afghanistan was killed in a “case of mistaken identity” when a US soldier took him for a suicide bomber, a report has found.

Ahmed Omed Khpulwak, 25, who worked as a stringer in Urozgan province in the south of the country, died when insurgents stormed the local radio and television offices.

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