Nigeria newspaper editor shot
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 8 November 2012
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Sina Kawonise, editor-in-chief of the Compass newspaper, was shot while in Osun state. This incident highlights ongoing threats to journalists in Nigeria.Summary
LAGOS: The managing director and editor-in-chief of the Nigerian Compass daily newspaper has been shot during an attack in the country's southwest. The newspaper said in a statement that Sina Kawonise was shot in the leg in the attack Monday while traveling through Osun state. The newspaper said a police officer traveling with him also was shot. Both survived. Mohammed Garba, the president of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, said he was aware of the attack, but didn't believe it involved politics as others were violently robbed along the same highway at the same time. However, the newspaper said Kawonise recently received unspecified threats over the Internet. Security agencies and thugs routinely harass and beat journalists in Nigeria. Eighteen journalists have been killed in Nigeria since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.- AP
Key Points
- Sina Kawonise was shot in the leg during an attack in southwest Nigeria.
- A police officer accompanying him was also injured but survived.
- The attack is linked to broader issues of journalist safety in Nigeria.
- Kawonise had received threats online prior to the shooting.
- Nigeria has a troubling record, with 18 journalists killed since 1992.
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