Iraqi state TV sports presenter and driver killed

BAGHDAD, Oct 29 (Reuters) A sports presenter at state television station Iraqiya was killed with her driver in Baghdad today, an official at the station and police said, in the second murder of a sports reporter in five months.

Journalists and media workers are a frequent target of insurgent attacks and Iraqiya had another sports anchorman, Ali Jaafar, shot dead in May.

The Iraqiya official said Naqsheen Hamad was a presenter on Iraqiya's sports division, al-Atyaf.

She and her driver, Anas Qasim, went missing on the way to work this morning and police later said their bodies had been found in central Baghdad. Police said the bodies were among six found in different parts of the city today.

At least 85 foreign and Iraqi journalists have been reported killed since the US-led invasion in March 2003, according to media watchdogs.

The real number is believed to be higher and the list does not include the many translators, drivers and other assistants said by media watchdogs to have died since the conflict began.

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