Serena Shim, a broadcast journalist for state-funded Iranian news service Press TV, has died in Turkey just days after she reported being accused of being a foreign spy.
The journalist died in a car accident in Suruc, near the Syrian border, where she had reported heavily on the conflict between Isis and Kurdish forces in nearby Kobani and the subsequent response, or lack thereof, from the Turkish government.
However, her family told Press TV they do not believe she died in a “normal car accident” and fear the Turkish authorities have had something to do with her death.
Press TV reported that the whereabouts of the driver of the truck she crashed in to are reportedly unknown, however Istanbul-based newspaper Hurriyet claim he was arrested at the scene but is as yet unnamed.
On Friday, Shim told her employers in an interview (below) that the Turkish intelligence agency had threatened and accused her of spying, and that she feared arrest.
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http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/journalist-reporting-on-isis-dies-in-turkey-in-suspicious-circumstances--e1zuFCZwIx
