What is Nils Horner?
'''Nils Horner''' (5 December 1962 &ndash; 11 March 2014) was a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] and [[British people|British]] [[journalist]]. He was a foreign correspondent for Sveriges Radio. He was the station's chief correspondent in [[Asia]]. He mainly worked in [[South Asia]]. In 2001, he won the Marcus Ölanderpriest for his efforts as a foreign correspondent. He was born in [[Borås]], [[Borås Municipality]], [[Västra Götaland County]]. Horner was shot in the head and killed in an [[execution]]-style killing on 11 March 2014 in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]]. He was 51 years old. He was in Kabul covering the 2014 elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/11/journalist-shot-dead-afghanistan-kabul|title=British-Swedish journalist shot dead in Afghanistan|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=12 March 2014|accessdate=9 April 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Horner, Nils}} [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Assassinated Swedish people]] [[Category:Deaths by firearm]] [[Category:Swedish journalists]]