On 22 February 2006, Bahjat was hunted down and shot in cold blood along with her colleagues Adnan Al Dulaimi and Khalid Al Fellahi while covering a story in Samarra.
On February 22, 2006, Bahjat, along with her colleagues Adnan Al Dulaimi and Khalid Al Fellahi, were killed during the course of reporting on a story in Samarra.