I am forwarding this to Wikinews-l so my OR at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/British_doctor_killed_after_being_shot_while_on_... be verified. (I think this is better that posting a transcript at the talk page as that can be faked). As my original message was not included in the reply with the statement. I believe there is no problem with forwarding this to a public list as a media statemnt is fine to be online:

Mrs. Kelly,

As you are probably aware, Ben Mullany, one of the students at UWE, is currently critically ill in hospital after an attack on his hotel room in Antigua. I, as a freelance journalist who writes for the online news source Wikinews (en.wikinews.org), am currently preparing a follow up article on the attack. In the article, I would like to include a statement from the university, highlighting the reaction to the shooting of Mullany. Would it be possible for you to provide such a statement.

Many thanks, <nameremoved>

Below is the statement received in reply to te above statement (note that I changed the email address and removed my name mentioned so my real name does not appear on wiki) On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Wikinewsie:Anonymous101 < wikinewsie.anonymous101@googlemail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Mary Price Mary.Price@uwe.ac.uk wrote:

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UWE statement:

"Ben Mullany is a third year physiotherapy student at the University of

the

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West of England. Ben is a very good student who is greatly valued by

staff

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and his peers. Staff and fellow students are deeply shocked to hear of

this

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tragic incident. Our condolences go to his wife's family and our

thoughts

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are with his family at this difficult time."

Mary Price Media Relations & Internal Communications Manager University of the West of England Tel: +44 (0)117 328 2208 Fax:+44 (0)117 328 2341 E.mail: Mary.Price@uwe.ac.uk http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/default.asp

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