(THE TELEGRAPH) – A Syrian opposition filmmaker was gunned down in broad daylight in the Turkish city of Gazientep on Sunday, apparently by Isil supporters.
Friends said that Naji Jerf, 38, was shot twice in the head after being approached by an unknown car outside of a local restaurant.
Mr. Jerf was a vocal critic of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) group which seized large swathes of Syria last year, training citizen journalists from Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), an internationally-praised media collective that exposes the terrorist group's atrocities inside its de facto Syrian capital.
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The father of two was directing a film about that media effort, and also worked as editor-in-chief of Hentah, a Syrian magazine that reports on the "daily lives of Syrian citizens," according to its website.
Another activist said Mr. Jerf has been due to travel to France on Monday, where he was believed to be seeking treatment for ill-health.
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"We believe it was Isil that did this," said Abu Ibrahim al-Raqqawi, a spokesman for RBSS. "Either they thought Naji was one of our members, or they simply did it because they knew how much our guys loved him. Nowhere is safe for us now."
This is the second time that suspected Isil members have targeted RBSS on Turkish soil, with little apparent response from the local police.
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