Journalist killed while covering terrorist bombings
A TV reporter was gunned down in Kano, shortly after covering a series of deadly bombings on 20 January by the militant Islamic sect Boko Haram, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
Enenche Godwin Akogwu, the Kano correspondent for independent broadcaster Channels TV, was killed by an unidentified gunman while trying to interview witnesses of a deadly terrorist attack at a Kano police station, says RSF.
According to CPJ, Akogwu had just returned from a news conference organised by police after multiple suicide bombings targeted government and police buildings.
The bombings were claimed by Boko Haram, which was "almost certainly also responsible for Akogwu's murder," said RSF.
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