 Burdett believed she was killed because she had uncovered links between military training camps in Iran and an upcoming communist coup in Yugoslavia.In another version of this story, Schiavi was traveling on assignment with the New York newspaper "PM", which involved travel through Azerbaijan with Zina Agaian, her Armenian friend and a daughter of a deputy, when a Kurdish boy stopped the vehicle and asked for Schiavi by name.When she responded that it was her, the Kurd killed her by shooting her in the chest.