Days after a US magazine reported the Taliban had brutally murdered Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui in Kandahar, more gruesome details of his death are emerging.
Siddiqui, a chief photographer of Reuters, was confirmed dead on July 16 as the Taliban and Afghan military fought for control of Kandahar. While initial reports said Siddiqui was killed in the crossfire, the Washington Examiner, a US magazine, claimed the Taliban murdered him after verifying his identity.
The New York Times on Sunday reported the nature of the torture inflicted on Siddiqui. The New York Times reviewed images of Siddiqui. "Initial photographs from the scene showed Siddiqui’s body with multiple wounds but fully intact. But by that evening, when the body was handed over to the Red Cross and transferred to a hospital in the southern city of Kandahar, it had been badly mutilated, according to two Indian officials and two Afghan health officials there," The New York Times reported.
"One Indian official said the body had nearly a dozen bullet wounds and that there were tyre marks on Siddiqui’s face and chest," the report said.
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An Indian official noted "some of Siddiqui’s wounds appeared to be from gunshots at close range", The New York Times reported.
On Monday, News 18 reported a medical report of Siddiqui's body confirmed he had been "brutally tortured to death".
