Mutlu Esendemir, news editor for the Turkish-Cypriot Kanal T television and a reporter for the Turkish language daily Kibris, has been injured by a car bomb.
The device, placed under his car outside Kanal T's offices, exploded as he opened the door. He was treated in hospital for minor injuries.
Esendemir later wrote in Kibris that he was convinced the attack was related to articles written about planning problems in the city of Keryneia.
Kemal Darbaz, president of the journalist association Basin Sen, said that attacks against journalists have become more frequent.
Cenk Mutluyakah, editor of Turkish-Cypriot daily Yeniduzen, has been threatened. And Sener Levent, editor of the newspaper Afirka, received a death threat following a gun attack on the paper's office.
Source: IPI
