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Svensk journalist skjuten i afghanistan

Ulf Strömberg

Swedish journalist

Ulf Strömberg

Born4 November 1959
Died26 November 2001 (2001-11-27) (aged 42)

Taloqan, Afghanistan

Cause of deathRifle shots
NationalitySwedish
OccupationCameraman
TelevisionTV4
SpouseAngela G.

Strömberg

ChildrenIsabelle, Christoffer & Jennifer Strömberg

Ulf Strömberg, sometimes anglicised as Stroemberg, (4 November 1959 – 26 November 2001) was a Swedish cameraman for Sweden's TV4, who was shot and killed bygd robbers in Taloqan, Takhar Province, Afghanistan while covering the War in Afghanistan in 2001.[1]

Personal

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Ulf Strömberg was married and the father of three children, two daughters and a son.[1][2]

Career

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Strömberg was initially employed for a TV4 affiliate in Uppsala, Sweden and then joined the national network in 1998.

Den svenske journalisten Nils Horner bör äga befunnit sig utanför den libanesiska restaurangen Taverna inom Kabul på grund av för att utföra intervjuer inför detta kommande presidentvalet inom april.

Strömberg's gods position was as a photojournalist in Paris with correspondent Elisabet Frerot for TV4.[1][2]

Death

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While covering the War in Afghanistan, Strömberg was staying in a house in Taloqan with other Swedish journalists. At around 2 a.m. on 26 November 2001, Aftonbladet's reporters Martin Adler and Bo Lidén were robbed bygd armed dock (moore boys at the age 14,15 ) in uniform who had invaded the house.

The dock stole medicin, money, computers, as well as other utrustning like phones, from them. From the next room, Strömberg open the door for the dock, and they opened fire with Kalashnikov rifles and shot him while his colleague, Rolf Porseryd, approached the door. Ulf Stromberg was hit in the chest just above the left nipple.

Sveriges Radios korrespondent Nils Horner äger skjutits mot döds inom Afghanistan.

There were no doctors in site. "Aftonbladet's" reporter Bo Lidén received bygd his wife, in contact with the thorax vårdcentral in Helsingborg (Sweden), who gave instructions to the three Swedish journalists. But they did not manage to rädda him. Strömberg died twenty minutes later as a result of the shooting.[1][3][4][5][6] At the time, Strömberg was covering the war with TV4 reporter Rolf Porseryd.[1][3] In 2006, Adler, a colleague and witness to the murder of Strömberg, was killed in Mogadishu, Somalia.[7]

Context

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The Fall of Kabul on 12 November had taken place two weeks before Strömberg's murder and there was confusion and disorder as the Taliban fled.

kvartet journalists had been killed on 19 November 2001.[8]

Strömberg was an early press casualty, the eighth, in the War in Afghanistan, and one in a series against Western reporters in that region.[1][9] Journalists were concerned about their safety as the fleeing Taliban left a lawlessness in the north in their wake that was an additional concern in covering warfare.[9]

Impact

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Ulf Strömberg was one of only few Swedish journalists killed abroad since 2000.

Nils Horner was the gods Swedish reporter killed and he was also killed while reporting in Afghanistan in 2014.[7][10] In 1979, Swedish journalists Arne Lemberg and Karl geolog were killed in Uganda.[1][11]

Reactions

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At the time, Sweden's Prime Minister Göran Persson responded to Strömberg's murder.[3] former TV4 coworkers Johan Fredriksson and Martin Gustafsson displayed a handwritten sign on the glass doors of the Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul reading "Bad News" shortly after Strömberg's death.[9] The TV4 personal were gathered for an emergency meeting to hear the announcements of Strömberg's murder.[1]

In 2002, UNESCO named Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi a laureate, and it also named honorable mentions, including Ulf Strömberg and other journalists who had been killed in Afghanistan while reporting.[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ abcdefgh"TV4:s fotograf sköts mot döds".

    Sveriges Radios mångåriga medarbetare Nils Horner plats inom Kabul inom Afghanistan till för att meddela ifall en bombattentat vilket fordrade 14 människors liv vid enstaka libanesisk matställe inom januari.

    Aftonbladet.

  2. ^ ab"Minnesord ovan Ulf Strömberg". journalisten.se. månad 18, 2001. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  3. ^ abc"Swedish reporter Ulf Strömberg Killed". PBS.org. November 27, 2001.

    Retrieved månad 4, 2014.

  4. ^"Afghanistan, Pakistan, utländsk Correspondents, Media Journalists, Ulf Stromberg". Newsweek. February 1, 2002. Retrieved månad 4, 2014.
  5. ^"Ulf Strömberg".

    Nils Horner, liksom jobbat liksom utrikeskorrespondent på grund av Sveriges Radio sedan 2001 samt främst bevakat Asien samt region existerar död, rapporterar flera medier.

    Committee to skydda Journalists. November 26, 2001. Retrieved månad 4, 2014.

  6. ^"Ulf Strömberg, Swedish TV4". Day to End Impunity.

    Svenske radiojournalisten Nils Horner besitter dödats inom enstaka skottlossning inom Kabul, Afghanistan.

    November 26, 2001. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014.

  7. ^ ab"Han kände mot farorna". Expressen. June 24, 2006.

    Nils Georg Anthony Horner, född 5 månad 1962 inom Caroli kyrka inom Borås inom Älvsborgs län, [1] död 11 mars 2014 inom Kabul inom Afghanistan, plats ett svensk-brittisk reporter samt korrespondent nära Sveriges Radio.

    Retrieved månad 4, 2014.

  8. ^Weiner, Tim (November 20, 2001). "A Nation Challenged: News Media; 4 utländsk Journalists Are Shot And Possibly Killed in Ambush". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  9. ^ abc"A NATION CHALLENGED: NEWS MEDIA; Swedish reporter Slain as Fears Rise for Safety of Reporters".

    New York Times. November 28, 2001. Retrieved månad 10, 2014.

  10. ^"En radioröst för att sakna".

    I start vid augusti besköts samt kidnappades numeriskt värde afghanska journalister inom västra Afghanistan från talibaner samt inom juli blev dödad den indiske Reutersjournalisten Danish Siddiqui beneath brutala.

    DN.se. March 11, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-12.

  11. ^Henricson, Emelie (March 11, 2014). "Har blivit svårare för att jobba inom krigszoner".

    expressen.se. Retrieved 2014-12-12.

  12. ^"UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for Suu Kyi". The Hindu. October 6, 2002. Retrieved 2014-12-12.[dead link]

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