Article: British Broadcasting Corp. journalist shot in the back and wounded by unidentified militiaman


AP Worldstream
02-09-2005
Dateline: MOGADISHU, Somalia
A British journalist was shot in the back and wounded Wednesday by an unidentified militiaman, witnesses and her employers said.

The British Broadcasting Corp. in a statement said Kate Peyton, an Africa producer for the broadcaster, was shot while accompanied by another BBC journalist who was not injured. It gave no further details.

The shooting happened outside the Sahafi Hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

Peyton underwent surgery at a Mogadishu hospital and doctors said she was in a stable condition. The BBC said that her ...

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