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| Shifa Gardi, a journalist for the Kurdish Rudaw Media Network, has died in a roadside bomb explosion while covering the Iraqi advance towards Islamic State-held Mosul, her employer reported. Her cameraman, Yunis Mustafa, was wounded in the blast. | Shifa Gardi, a journalist for the Kurdish Rudaw Media Network, has died in a roadside bomb explosion while covering the Iraqi advance towards Islamic State-held Mosul, her employer reported. Her cameraman, Yunis Mustafa, was wounded in the blast. |
| “Shifa Gardi was one of Rudaw’s most daring journalists. She was known as a renowned skilled journalist in Kurdish news media and brought outstanding coverage to Rudaw TV right from the beginning of its establishment,” said a statement from the network, which broadcasts out of Erbil, the unofficial capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. | “Shifa Gardi was one of Rudaw’s most daring journalists. She was known as a renowned skilled journalist in Kurdish news media and brought outstanding coverage to Rudaw TV right from the beginning of its establishment,” said a statement from the network, which broadcasts out of Erbil, the unofficial capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. |
| “A brave journalist, and a model for young women,” tweeted Falah Mustafa, head of the foreign department of Kurdistan’s Regional Government (KRG). | “A brave journalist, and a model for young women,” tweeted Falah Mustafa, head of the foreign department of Kurdistan’s Regional Government (KRG). |
| Born Shifa Zikri Ibrahim, 30-year-old Gardi was a journalist for a decade and anchored studio segments. She was also a prominent war reporter. Rudaw said that her last on-air appearance took place less than an hour before her death. | Born Shifa Zikri Ibrahim, 30-year-old Gardi was a journalist for a decade and anchored studio segments. She was also a prominent war reporter. Rudaw said that her last on-air appearance took place less than an hour before her death. |
| Dozens of people gathered for a spontaneous vigil outside the broadcasting studio, some holding up printed out portraits of Gardi. | |
| According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Gardi is the 179th journalist to die in Iraq as a result of her professional activity, since 1992, the vast majority having been killed since the toppling of Saddam Hussein in 2003. | |
| Iraqi forces, supported by a US-led international coalition, have been engaged in a battle to re-take Mosul from Islamic State since October last year. While it is unclear who was responsible for Gardi's death, roadside bombs are a favored defensive tactic of the jihadists. |