Gunmen shot and killed a young Iraqi news reporter in front of his family Sunday, police said.
Mazen Marden, who was in his mid-20's, covered hard news and conducted interviews for Al-Mosuliyah satellite television channel, the Agence France-Presse said. He was killed at his home in east Mosul, police said.
Gunmen in civilian clothes arrived at Marsden's home around 6 p.m. and identified themselves to his father as intelligence officers. When Marsden left his house to talk to them, they shot him, CNN reported.
CNN said his family was watching when he was killed.
Reporters Without Borders said in September over 230 journalists and media workers have been killed in Iraq since 2003, CNN reported.
They ranked Iraq 145th for media freedom out of 175 countries, the AFP said.
The International Press Institute said more journalists have been killed in Iraq this year than in all of 2009, the AFP reported.
