
Photo Credit: - Photo courtesy Ibrahim Seaga Shaw |
JENNER COLE
News Organization: SKY-FM
Died: 1999
Location:
SIERRA LEONE
Shot in the head in front of his fiancee Jan. 9 in Freetown. He was abducted from his home by Revolutionary United Front rebels who arrived with a list of journalists who were to be killed for their perceived anti-RUF coverage of the civil war. An on-air broadcaster, Cole had previously worked for the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service. He was killed two days before turning 35.
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