Press safety group says peace-time reporting nearly as risky as war LONDON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Eight journalists were killed in war-time reporting in Syria, though a press safety group said Tuesday peace-time India was nearly as troublesome. The International News Safety Institute said in a biennial survey of media casualties Syria remains the deadliest place for journalists with eight correspondents killed in the first six months of the year. INSI said, however, journalists working in nations at peace also were vulnerable. India, with six deaths reported, was the second deadliest place for members of the press for the year. INSI said the throat of an Indian journalist was cut in February. He was found dead with a note attached to his body saying he was a police informer. Three staff members at a Bengali newspaper were killed by gunmen in May, though the paper's editor said he was the likely target. INSI Director Hannah Storm said the death toll is a stark reminder of the "immense risks" journalists take in covering crime and corruption in nations officially in a state of peace. "We call on agencies, governments and the news industry to work together to reduce the risks for journalists and end impunity for those who threaten journalists," she said in a statement Tuesday. Storm expressed frustration with the lack of charges in the Indian incidents, saying perpetrators "believe they can kill the messenger," she said in a statement Tuesday. INSI said Syria, India, Pakistan, Somalia and Brazil are the deadliest places for journalists in that order so far this year.