The cameraman for Al Masar TV was injured during an attack on Iraqi security forces with whom he was embedded, according to media reports. The attack came as the troops were on the way to the frontline with the so-called Islamic state (ISIS) in Garma, a town to the east of Fallujah in Anbar province on 5 May. The Iraqi Journalists’ Syndicate (IJS) said that Majed was shot by a sniper. He died of his wounds the following day at the hospital where he had been admitted.