Syrian TV journalist shot dead while reporting on explosions in Damascus
Maya Nasser, 33, correspondent working for Iran's Press TV, killed, and bureau chief injured, amid fierce fighting in capital.
A corespondent for Iran's Press TV was shot dead on Wednesday while reporting from the scene of devastating twin explosions in the Syrian capital, Damascus. Maya Nasser, a 33-year-old Syrian national, was killed after being hit by "insurgent" sniper fire, Press TV said. The channel's Damascus bureau chief, Hussein Murtada, who also works for the Arabic-language Al-Alam TV network, was injured after coming under attack, the channel said. Nasser tweeted news of the explosions soon after 7am on Wednesday. He then appears to have set off with his Lebanese colleague to the scene, as fierce fighting continued. Murtada was reportedly shot in the back. Nasser, reportedly a Christian, was one of the few correspondents based in Damascus to have reported on Syria's brutal war in English. His blog had been sympathetic to the Syrian government, and blamed the conflict on the "west and al-Qaida". But it also gave a vivid portrait of life under fire and the perils of driving through checkpoints.
PressTV: Press TV correspondent killed in Syrian capital