Baghdad (Reuters) .- Sheba Baze, a journalist freelance 30 years working for the British news agency Reuters is one of the 53 dead who have been paid off the attack Tuesday by an armed group provincial council headquarters in Salahuddin, in Tikrit, in northern Iraq, confirmed the media. The young native Salahuddin Province, suffered shrapnel wounds in the explosion, as indicated by Mahmoud Salah, one of his cousins.
By Baze began working for Reuters in 2004, but had previously worked as a cameraman for other media. "On behalf of the entire team of Thomson Reuters would like to express our sadness at the untimely death of Sheba Baze. Our thoughts are with family and friends of Sheba," said the editor in chief of the agency, Stephen Adler.
"He was a valuable member of our team in Iraq, his colleagues will miss. This tragic incident shows again the risks that journalists face every day doing their job and giving news to the world," he underlined. For its part, the program coordinator of the Committee to Protect Journalists in the Middle East and North Africa, Mohamed Abdel Dayem, has urged the Iraqi authorities to "do everything possible to bring the perpetrators of this crime to justice "reflects a statement.
This organization included Iraq in last year's list of countries with greater impunity in crimes against reporters, pointing to the complicity of local authorities. Since 1992, at least 147 journalists and 54 media workers have died in this nation. 
By Baze began working for Reuters in 2004, but had previously worked as a cameraman for other media. "On behalf of the entire team of Thomson Reuters would like to express our sadness at the untimely death of Sheba Baze. Our thoughts are with family and friends of Sheba," said the editor in chief of the agency, Stephen Adler.
"He was a valuable member of our team in Iraq, his colleagues will miss. This tragic incident shows again the risks that journalists face every day doing their job and giving news to the world," he underlined. For its part, the program coordinator of the Committee to Protect Journalists in the Middle East and North Africa, Mohamed Abdel Dayem, has urged the Iraqi authorities to "do everything possible to bring the perpetrators of this crime to justice "reflects a statement.
This organization included Iraq in last year's list of countries with greater impunity in crimes against reporters, pointing to the complicity of local authorities. Since 1992, at least 147 journalists and 54 media workers have died in this nation.
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