Mediagazer: Two British freelance journalists killed in Syria, CPJ reports (Sarah Marshall/Journalism.co.uk)

9:10 AM ET, March 28, 2012

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Committee to Protect Journalists:

Two independent journalists killed in Syria — Syrian security forces shot and killed two freelance British journalists of Algerian descent and wounded a third during an attack on Monday in the town of Darkoush near the Turkish border, according to news reports and a witness interviewed by CPJ.

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Elizabeth Flock / Washington Post:

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Sarah Marshall / Journalism.co.uk:
Two British freelance journalists killed in Syria, CPJ reports

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Michael Wolff / Guardian:

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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

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