Nils Horner

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Nils Georg Anthony Horner (born December 5, 1962 in Borås , Sweden , † March 11, 2014 in Kabul , Afghanistan ) was a Swedish- British journalist and war reporter .

Life

Horner was born the son of a Swedish art teacher and a British woman. He had both nationalities . After completing his studies in journalism, he worked for the local newspaper Borås Tidning in the 1980s . From 1991 he worked as a freelance journalist in New York City before becoming a foreign correspondent for Swedish radio in 2001. He was the chief journalist at the overseas studio in New Delhi , reporting mainly from Asia and the Middle East . In 2001 he was awarded the Marcus Ölanderpriset for his journalistic activities .

Horner was shot dead on the street in the Afghan capital Kabul on March 11, 2014. According to the chairman of Sveriges Radio , he was one of the “very best and most experienced correspondents” of the public broadcasting group. One day after the attack , the Islamist group “Afghanistan's Islamic Movement Fidai Mohaz” (Fidai-e Mahaz) confessed to the act. The perpetrators claimed in their letter of confession that Horner was a spy for the British secret service MI6 .

Awards

  • 2001: Marcus Ölanderpriset of the Swedish public broadcaster

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ HORNER, RAGNAR GV, tecknings-lärare, Borås . In: Vem är Vem? / Götaland utom Skåne, Halland, Blekinge 1965 , p. 503.
  2. ↑ "Det är det bästa med jobbet" ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bt.se
  3. ^ Sveriges Radios correspondent Nils Horner dödad
  4. ↑ Western Journalist Is Killed in Afghanistan
  5. ↑ Svenska Dagbladet 11 mars 2014: Nils Horners karriär , accessed on 11 March 2014.
  6. ↑ a b Sveriges Radios correspondent Nils Horner dödad . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  7. ↑ Journalisten.se August 22, 2001: Nils Horner , accessed on March 11, 2014.
  8. ↑ Journalisten.se April 11, 2001: Ikarosvinnare , accessed on March 11, 2014.
  9. ↑ SVT.se 11 March 2014: Sveriges Radios Nils Horner mördad i Afghanistan , accessed on 11 March 2014.
  10. ^ Swedish journalist shot dead in Kabul. In: Spiegel Online of March 11, 2014 (accessed on March 11, 2014).
  11. ↑ Sveriges radio March 12, 2014 : Islamistisk grupp tar på sig mordet på Horner , accessed on March 12, 2014.
  12. ^ Swede slain in Kabul 'a British spy': Islamists
personal data
SURNAME Horner, Nils
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Horner, Nils Georg Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish-British journalist and war reporter
DATE OF BIRTH 5th December 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Borås , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 2014
Place of death Kabul , Afghanistan