Brazilian journalist shot dead

Brazilian political journalist Auro Ida, 53, was murdered on Friday in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso. He was sitting in his car with his girlfriend when two men approached the couple, asked the woman to get out of the car, and then shot Ida six times. Police immediately described it as a crime of passion. But journalists said Ida - the founder of Mídia News and a writer for the Olhar Direto news site - had received death threats related to his coverage of regional politics. Source: Reporters without Borders