According to IFJ affiliate, the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate (IJS), the 41- year old cameraman for TV station Nivenehe Al-Ghad, was shot three times in the head and chest by unidentified gunmen and died on the spot. The murder took place in Mosul, the capital of the country's northern province of Niveneh. Anwar had previously worked for Al-Rashid TV and for other TV stations as a freelance cameraman.