Press Body Defends Journalist Over Graphic Nairobi Attack Photo

The Foreign Correspondents' Association of East Africa has defended incoming New York Times East Africa Bureau Chief Kimiko de Freytas Tamura, over a graphic photo used in her story during the coverage of the Nairobi attack. Tamura came under serious attack from Kenyans who condemned the U.S. newspaper for using a photo from the scene of the attack which showed dead bodies.

Scene from attack on luxury hotel and office complex in Nairobi

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