JOURNALISTS KIA

Submitted by ub on

So far 9 Journalists have been killed this year and we are only in February, 2012. A total of 902 Journalists were killed while on assignment over the past 10 years.

The amount of those killed in action and the deadliest countries are listed below:
Iraq: 151
Philippines: 72
Algeria: 60
Russia: 53
Colombia: 43
Pakistan: 42
Somalia: 37
India: 27
Mexico: 27
Afghanistan: 24
Turkey: 20
Bosnia: 19
Sri Lanka: 19
Brazil: 19
Rwanda: 17
Tajikistan: 17
Sierra Leone: 16
Bangladesh: 12
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: 10
Nigeria: 10

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