- Adam Tepsurgayev
Adam Tepsurgayev was a 24-year-old Chechen
freelance cameraman murdered in the village ofAlkhan-Kala onNovember 21 ,2000 .During the
First Chechen War (1994-1996), Tepsurgayev worked as a driver andfixer for foreign journalists. Later, he started shooting footage from thefront line s of the conflict betweenRussia n troops and Chechen separatist guerrillas.Reuters 'Moscow bureau chief,Martin Nesirky , described him as an "irregular contributor." While most of Reuters' footage from Chechnya in 2000 was credited to Tepsurgayev, including shots of Chechen field commanderShamil Basayev having his footamputated , he had not worked for Reuters in the six months before he died.Chechen-speaking masked gunmen shot him in the thigh and groin; he subsequently bled to death. Adam's brother Ali Tepsurgayev said that Adam had been killed as punishment for his work as a journalist. [ [http://www.wan-press.org/article.php3?id_article=77 WAN - 53 media workers have been killed in 2000 ] ] [ [http://www.globaljournalist.org/archive/Magazine/deathwatch-20011q.html Global Journalist ] ] He himself was wounded in the leg during the attack. A Russian government
spokesman blamed Chechen guerrillas for the murder, but local residents said the rebels had no reason to kill the cameraman.The Kremlin 'sChechen war aide,Sergei Yastrzhembsky , commented that Tepsurgayev had not been accredited by the Russian authorities.References
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* [http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/827980.html Hunt for journalists in today's Russia]
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