(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Iraq-Kurdish Rudaw reporter and anchor Shifa Gardi who was reporting on the heavy clashes between advancing Iraqi forces and ISIS militants was killed by a roadside bomb in Mosul on Saturday afternoon, and her cameraman Younis Mustafa was injured in the same attack.
A statement from Rudaw Media Network is to be found below.
She was presenting a daily special program on the Mosul offensive on Rudaw TV, and has recently started to cover the unfolding war from inside Mosul.
On February 21, while she was covering the war, she came across and eventually saved a wounded rabbit anxiously searching for refuge from the scourge of battle for the remaining right bank of ISIS’ stronghold in Mosul.
“I encountered an injured rabbit in the village of Albu Saif which was liberated yesterday evening,” Gardi told Rudaw as she returned to Rudaw’s newsroom, “The rabbit is suffering from malnutrition which has caused visible damage to its face.”
“I brought it back with me. We will be treating the rabbit and then give it to an animal protection agency which is willing to look after it.”
She was reporting on the war on Sunday in different parts of western half of Mosul where Iraqi forces have launched a fresh offensive about a week ago to reclaim the last major stronghold of the ISIS group.
People have fled from ISIS by bus on the right side of the city, Gardi reported
“Five buses, fraught with people, including a majority of women and children have run away,” she said, “Their situation is miserable and have left everything,” said added aboard one such bus.
“There were only women and children with some men and juveniles. After they undergo investigations making sure that they have not helped ISIS militants, they will be allowed to take shelter at refugee camps.”
Shifa Zikri Ibrahim, also known as Shifa Gardi, was born a refugee in Iran on 1 July 1986. She was a graduate of the media department from Salahaddin University in Erbil. She started her media career in 2006, and joined Rudaw Media Network since the beginning of its foundation.
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