Anthony Shadid, a famous American journalist, died after having an asthma attack while fleeing to Turkey from Syria with the help of a group of smugglers...

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The tragic death occurred while the 45-year-old journalist who had been covering recent turmoil in Syria was heading to Turkey. The American journalist was collected by a group of smugglers in Syria, and the group headed to Turkey on ‘horseback’. While the journey continues, Mr Shadid had an asthma attack as he had allergy against horses.

Tyler Hicks, a photojournalist of New York Times, carried the dead body of the Pulitzer awarded journalist for some 5 kilometres to bring him to Turkey. The journey eventually ended up at Cilvegözü Border Gate in Reyhanlı town of Hatay at about 2am on Friday.

The dead body of the American journalist was taken to Reyhanlı Public Hospital after an examination of a duty Public Prosecutor. It was determined in the Prosecutor’s preliminary report that Mr Shadid had died of due to shortness of breathing. A general autopsy is still to take place at Forensic Medicine Institution of Adana.

(Rep-Cam: Bekir KARAKOCA-Bünyamin YIL-Ferhat DERVİŞOĞLU-Çilem ANITKAN – REYHANLI (Hatay)-ADANA / DHA)