Tamer Abdel Raouf, an Egyptian journalist, bureau chief, and regional director of Egypt's Al-Ahram newspaper, was shot dead at a military checkpoint in Damanhur, Beheira Northern Governorate on August 19, 2013. In late November 2012, then President Mohamed Morsi passed a Constitutional declaration that gave him additional powers, which led to the 2012-13 Egyptian protests and his removal from office by the military on July 3, 2013. After the military coup, many Egyptian news reporters and journalists were targeted by military and police. Raouf was one of the journalists killed.