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British journalist Tim Hetherington dies in Libya
A British journalist has been killed while covering the conflict in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata.
Tim Hetherington, co-director of Oscar-nominated documentary Restrepo, reportedly died in a mortar attack, which injured three other journalists.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13151490
Brit Journalist Dies In Misratah RPG Attack
The Oscar-nominated photojournalist is reported to have been killed by mortar fire in the city of Misratah.
He had been covering fighting between Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's forces and Libyan rebels.
He was killed in the only opposition-held city in western Libya, which has come under weeks of relentless shelling by government troops.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are offering consular assistance to the family."
Mr Hetherington, who is reported to have recently married, wrote on his Twitter profile last night, saying: "In besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of Nato."
Mr Hetherington, 41, who was born in Liverpool and studied Literature at Oxford University, was a contributing photographer for Vanity Fair magazine.
Three other journalists were also hit in an RPG attack, according to the magazine's website.
Mr Hetherington, who had dual British and American nationality, was best known for his work in Afghanistan, and won the World Press Photo of the Year Award in 2007.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wo...And_Photojournalist_Killed_In_Misratah_Attack
A British journalist has been killed while covering the conflict in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata.
Tim Hetherington, co-director of Oscar-nominated documentary Restrepo, reportedly died in a mortar attack, which injured three other journalists.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13151490
Brit Journalist Dies In Misratah RPG Attack
The Oscar-nominated photojournalist is reported to have been killed by mortar fire in the city of Misratah.
He had been covering fighting between Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's forces and Libyan rebels.
He was killed in the only opposition-held city in western Libya, which has come under weeks of relentless shelling by government troops.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are offering consular assistance to the family."
Mr Hetherington, who is reported to have recently married, wrote on his Twitter profile last night, saying: "In besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of Nato."
Mr Hetherington, 41, who was born in Liverpool and studied Literature at Oxford University, was a contributing photographer for Vanity Fair magazine.
Three other journalists were also hit in an RPG attack, according to the magazine's website.
Mr Hetherington, who had dual British and American nationality, was best known for his work in Afghanistan, and won the World Press Photo of the Year Award in 2007.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wo...And_Photojournalist_Killed_In_Misratah_Attack
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