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(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Mary Price <Mary.Price(a)uwe.ac.uk> wrote:
UWE statement:
"Ben Mullany is a third year physiotherapy student at the University of
the
West of England. Ben is a very good student who
is greatly valued by
staff
and his peers. Staff and fellow students are
deeply shocked to hear of
this
tragic incident. Our condolences go to his
wife's family and our
thoughts
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(a)uwe.ac.uk
http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/default.asp
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