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BRUSSELS, April 26 (KUNA) -- The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Thursday condemned the killing of Palestinian photojournalist Ahmad Abu Hussein by Israeli snipers.
Abu Hussein, 24, was fatally shot on April 13 while covering mass protests in Gaza for the Sawt Al Shaab Radio and succumbed to his wounds yesterday.
He is the second journalist killed by Israeli forces in one month while covering the "March of Return" protests, following the killing of fellow journalist Yasser Murtaja, said the IFJ in a press release.
"It is clear that after Israeli soldiers murdered a journalist the authorities are more interested in spouting propaganda and engaging in a cover-up than in carrying out a thorough and transparent investigation and bringing Hussein and Yasser's killers to justice," said IFJ General-Secretary Anthony Bellanger.
The Brussels-based IFJ represents around 600,000 journalists in 146 countries worldwide. (end)
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