Blood and Sand

By Gardner Frank, Gardner, Frank, Frank Gardner , Frank Gardner FRANK GARDNER, Frank Gardner

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

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 ...