Pakistani Journalist Working for US Media Shot Dead

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By: Roy Greenslade | Guardian.co.uk

A Pakistani journalist, Mukkaram Khan Atif, died after being shot in the head while praying at a mosque. The Pakistan Taliban later claimed responsibility for his murder.

Mukarram Khan, who reported on screen for the Voice of America, was shot by two men who entered the mosque near his home in Shabqadar, a small town located in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, not far from Peshawar.































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