TV host injured in Baghdad shooting undergoes brain surgery in Munich

Imad Abadi, the Al-Diyar TV host who suffered serious gunshot injuries to the head and neck in an attack on November 23 in Baghdad, was flown to the German city of Munich on December 3 for brain surgery, Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has reported.

RSF said it was relieved to learn that the operation went ahead without any problem in Munich’s Grosshadern Clinic on December 7. Abadi’s brother, Fouad Abadi, who accompanied him to Munich, described his condition after the operation as satisfactory.

Date Posted: 9 December 2009 Last Modified: 9 December 2009