Land Mine Kills BBC Cameraman
From Times Wire Reports
A land mine explosion killed one British Broadcasting Corp. journalist and injured another in northern Iraq, the company said. Kaveh Golestan, 52, an Iranian freelance cameraman for the BBC, died instantly when he stepped on the mine as he climbed out of his car in the town of Kifrey.
Producer Stuart Hughes, 31, was injured in the foot by the explosion, while correspondent Jim Muir and their translator were unhurt, the BBC said. Hughes was being treated in a nearby American military medical facility.
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