Blood and Sand

Description:

On 6 June 2004, in a quiet suburb of Riyadh, BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner and cameraman Simon Cumbers were ambushed by Islamist gunmen. Simon was killed outright. Frank was hit in the shoulder and leg. As he lay in the road, pleading for his life, a figure stood over him and pumped four more bullets into his body at point-blank range ...

subjects: Biography,  Television journalists,  War correspondents,  Race relations,  Religious disputations,  Social conditions,  Politiek geweld,  Islam,  Great britain, biography,  Journalists, biography,  Journalistes de télévision,  Biographies,  Correspondants de guerre

People: Frank Gardner,  Frank Gardner (1961-)

Places: Great Britain,  Midden-Oosten,  Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannie˜ en Noord-Ierland