Anja Niedringhaus, Pulitzer Winner, Dies at 48 in Afghan Attack

Anja Niedringhaus, the German photojournalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of the Iraq War, was shot dead by a policeman while on assignment in Afghanistan. She was 48.

Niedringhaus was killed yesterday while reporting on an election-commission convoy preparing for today’s presidential election in Afghanistan, according to Baryalai Rawan, a spokesman for the governor in Khost province bordering Pakistan. A Canadian reporter, Kathy Gannon, was wounded in the same attack. The women were seated in the back of a car when the officer fired.