On October 29, 1999, together with other journalists he was covering a large refugee convoy from Grozny to Nazran in neighboring Ingushetia en route along the Baku-Rostovhighway. As the convoy approached the Chechen town of Shami-Yurt, a Russian fighter bomber fired several air-to-ground missiles, hitting a busload of refugees. Despite warnings from colleagues traveling with them, Mezhidov and Gigayev left their vehicle to film the carnage. As they approached the bus, another Russian rocket hit a nearby truck, fatally wounding both journalists.[2] The Russian air forcepilot reportedly saw Mezhidov with a television camera on the aircraft's second run and fired at him.[3] It is unclear whether the pilot believed his camera to be a weapon or was trying to prevent him from filming. Mezhidov was not killed immediately but mortally wounded and left on the road. He was eventually taken to hospital in Urus-Martan where he died from shock and blood loss.
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^Ramzan Mezhidov, Freelance cameraman 2007-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
^Journalists Killed in 1999: 36 Confirmed 2006-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
^Journalists murdered for carrying out their profession in 1999
January 01, 1970
ramzan, mezhidov, 1967, 1999, freelance, chechen, cameraman, october, 1999, together, with, shamil, gigayev, cameraman, independent, nokh, television, station, grozny, killed, during, russian, strike, refugees, fleeing, chechnya, before, working, moscow, based. Ramzan Mezhidov 1967 1999 was a freelance Chechen cameraman On October 29 1999 together with Shamil Gigayev a cameraman for independent Nokh Cho television station in Grozny he was killed during a Russian air strike on refugees fleeing Chechnya Before working for Moscow based Centre TV Mezhidov had worked as a freelance for the German ARD between the Chechen conflicts During the First Chechen War Mezhidov had been a valuable asset to the Centre TV throughout the Northern Caucasus particularly in the Republic of Dagestan 1 On October 29 1999 together with other journalists he was covering a large refugee convoy from Grozny to Nazran in neighboring Ingushetia en route along the Baku Rostov highway As the convoy approached the Chechen town of Shami Yurt a Russian fighter bomber fired several air to ground missiles hitting a busload of refugees Despite warnings from colleagues traveling with them Mezhidov and Gigayev left their vehicle to film the carnage As they approached the bus another Russian rocket hit a nearby truck fatally wounding both journalists 2 The Russian air force pilot reportedly saw Mezhidov with a television camera on the aircraft s second run and fired at him 3 It is unclear whether the pilot believed his camera to be a weapon or was trying to prevent him from filming Mezhidov was not killed immediately but mortally wounded and left on the road He was eventually taken to hospital in Urus Martan where he died from shock and blood loss References edit Ramzan Mezhidov Freelance cameraman Archived 2007 01 07 at the Wayback Machine Journalists Killed in 1999 36 Confirmed Archived 2006 12 07 at the Wayback Machine Journalists murdered for carrying out their profession in 1999 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ramzan Mezhidov amp oldid 1187303375, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
