Syria state media: Gunmen storm pro-government TV station, kill three

Haaretz
June 27, 2012

Gunmen stormed the headquarters of a pro-government Syrian TV news channel on Wednesday morning, planted explosives and killed three employees, state media said.

“The terrorists planted explosive devices in the headquarters of al-Ikhbariya following their ransacking of the satellite channel studios, including the newsroom which was entirely destroyed,” the state media said.

“Three colleagues were killed as a result of the brutal terrorist attack,” it added, without giving details.

The Syrian press is tightly regulated by the Ministry of Information. Although Ikhbariya is privately owned, opponents of President Bashar al-Assad say it is a government mouthpiece.

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This article was posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 2:08 am

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