(Adil Soz/IFEX) – Saidburkhon Kadyrov, chief editor of the youth-oriented newspaper “Bokhoro Yoshlari,” remains in critical condition after being stabbed with a knife by an unidentified young man on 13 September 2006. The journalist was taken to hospital to undergo a critical operation and was subsequently transferred to the intensive care unit, doctors say. His […]
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – Saidburkhon Kadyrov, chief editor of the youth-oriented newspaper “Bokhoro Yoshlari,” remains in critical condition after being stabbed with a knife by an unidentified young man on 13 September 2006.
The journalist was taken to hospital to undergo a critical operation and was subsequently transferred to the intensive care unit, doctors say.
His relatives and colleagues believe the attack was related to his work and to one of his recent reports in particular, covering local peasants. Allegedly, the assailant was the main focus of the report and sought to kill the journalist in revenge for the way he was represented in the article, even though the report had not been published.
Police have launched a criminal investigation into the case. There are unconfirmed reports that the assailant is mentally unstable.
