One of the victims of the group of journalists assaulted by the crowd dies

Suleiman Ahmed, the driver of the team of journalists of the Dire Dawa Media Agency, who was attacked Friday by a group of young people in Meisso, died today in a Dire Dawa Hospital, The Reporter It was on Friday, July 13, 2018 that a crowd attacked a group of journalists traveling to Addis Ababa to cover the visit of President Isaias Afewerki to Addis Ababa. , scheduled the next day. According to reports, the attackers accused the journalists of espionage and attacked them before handing them over to the police.

Although Suleiman was treated at Dire Dawa's Dil Chora Hospital and at Hiywot Fana Hospital in Harar, The Reporter .

Even though he intended to send him back to the Black Lion Special Hospital in Addis Ababa, Suleiman's family suffers from a head injury and alongside. the lies demanded his transfer to a hospital in Harar. He died at eleven o'clock in the morning on Thursday, July 19, 2018.

Police have not yet opened an investigation into the attack, added sources.

Suleiman, 37, is the father of three children and was expecting his fourth child. He has been working at the Agency for over five years.