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A gunman on a motorbike shot dead a Pakistani journalist in the country's restive northwest on Tuesday and hours later the Taliban claimed the killing, bringing to 71 the number of journalists and media workers killed in Pakistan since 2002.
Zaman Mehsud, 38, was a journalist working for the Pakistani Urdu newspaper Daily Umet and SANA news agency, and also worked for the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
Taliban commander Qari Saif Ullah Saif told Reuters: "We killed him because he was writing against us ... we have some other journalists on our hit list in the region, soon we will target them."
The journalist's brother Muhammed Aslam wept as he collected the body. "He left five children and a widow," he said.
The shooting occurred near the northern town of Tank, said police officer Mir Salam. Mehsud was killed with
four bullets to the chest, doctors said.
"Our initial information is that Zaman was killed by a man who was riding on a bike near an army check post," Salam said.
'He was writing against us': Taliban claim killing of Pakistani journalist Zaman Mehsud - Firstpost
Zaman Mehsud, 38, was a journalist working for the Pakistani Urdu newspaper Daily Umet and SANA news agency, and also worked for the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
Taliban commander Qari Saif Ullah Saif told Reuters: "We killed him because he was writing against us ... we have some other journalists on our hit list in the region, soon we will target them."
The journalist's brother Muhammed Aslam wept as he collected the body. "He left five children and a widow," he said.
The shooting occurred near the northern town of Tank, said police officer Mir Salam. Mehsud was killed with
four bullets to the chest, doctors said.
"Our initial information is that Zaman was killed by a man who was riding on a bike near an army check post," Salam said.
'He was writing against us': Taliban claim killing of Pakistani journalist Zaman Mehsud - Firstpost
