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Kenji Nagai
Kenji Nagai 長井 健司 | |
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| Born | August 27, 1957 Imabari, Ehime, Japan |
| Died | September 27, 2007 (aged 50) |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
| Known for | Being the only foreign national killed in the Saffron Revolution |
Kenji Nagai (長井 健司, Nagai Kenji, August 27, 1957 – September 27, 2007) was a Japanese photojournalist who took many assignments to conflict zones and dangerous areas around the world.
He was shot dead in Myanmar during the Saffron Revolution while filming. Nagai continued to take photographs as he lay wounded on the ground, later dying from gunshot injuries to the chest. The government of Myanmar claimed that the cause of his death was a stray bullet; this was later disproven. Despite carrying his camera during a protest in the Saffron Revolution, it later went missing, supposedly because of a Myammar soldier taking it. In 2023, the camera and footage were returned.[1] He was the only foreign national killed in the protests.[2]
- ^ "Kenji Nagai: Missing camera reveals journalist's last moments in Myanmar". BBC News. April 26, 2023. Archived from the original on April 26, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
- ^ "Japanese journalist first foreign victim of Myanmar clashes". Agence France-Presse. September 28, 2007. Archived from the original on June 1, 2008. Retrieved September 28, 2007.
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