Heavy fighting in the town of Misrata that have been going on for weeks have claimed the lives of two chambers: the photographer and documentary filmmaker and cinematographer Tim Hetherington agency Chris Hondros Getty. Both died on Thursday during fighting between rebels and troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.
Three other journalists were wounded by mortar fire, one of them seriously. Initially reported the death of photographer Chris Hondros, and although later qualified that he was seriously injured, finally the journalist was unable to recover from injuries, as reported by the agency for working in a statement .
The news of the death of Tim Hetherington, 41, the forward the specializing in photography British Journal of Photography. The publication quoted a source at the French photographer André Liohn he wrote in his Facebook profile: "Sad news. Tim Hetherington Misrata now dead, while covering the front lines.
Chris Hondros is in serious condition. Michel Brown and Guy [Martin] are injured but not in danger. " Soon after, this post had been deleted from the network. The photographers were working in the street Misrata Tripoli, Libya's third largest city, when they were surprised by mortar fire from the lines advocated by forces loyal to Qadhafi.
"Everything was calm and tried to leave when a mortar hit us and we started hear explosions, "he told Spanish agency photographer Guillermo Cervera, who was with them at the time of the attack. Hetherington, photographer and documentarian, is the author of the documentary Restrepo, who narrates the daily life of U.S.
troops in the Korengal Valley, and was nominated for best documentary at last year's Academy Awards. In 2007 he won the World Press Photo Award for a photograph of an exhausted soldier during fighting in Afghanistan. The photographer Chris Hondros, U.S. 41, was nominated for a Pulitzer, and as reported New York Times, has died as a result of head injuries.
The other is seriously wounded British photographer Guy Martin (28 years), which has been operated in a health center closest to the front this afternoon to address bleeding caused by shrapnel. Hetherington denounced as Wednesday on Twitter the failure of the allied forces' indiscriminate bombing Gaddafi's troops in the besieged city of Misrata.
No signs of NATO. "
Three other journalists were wounded by mortar fire, one of them seriously. Initially reported the death of photographer Chris Hondros, and although later qualified that he was seriously injured, finally the journalist was unable to recover from injuries, as reported by the agency for working in a statement .
The news of the death of Tim Hetherington, 41, the forward the specializing in photography British Journal of Photography. The publication quoted a source at the French photographer André Liohn he wrote in his Facebook profile: "Sad news. Tim Hetherington Misrata now dead, while covering the front lines.
Chris Hondros is in serious condition. Michel Brown and Guy [Martin] are injured but not in danger. " Soon after, this post had been deleted from the network. The photographers were working in the street Misrata Tripoli, Libya's third largest city, when they were surprised by mortar fire from the lines advocated by forces loyal to Qadhafi.
"Everything was calm and tried to leave when a mortar hit us and we started hear explosions, "he told Spanish agency photographer Guillermo Cervera, who was with them at the time of the attack. Hetherington, photographer and documentarian, is the author of the documentary Restrepo, who narrates the daily life of U.S.
troops in the Korengal Valley, and was nominated for best documentary at last year's Academy Awards. In 2007 he won the World Press Photo Award for a photograph of an exhausted soldier during fighting in Afghanistan. The photographer Chris Hondros, U.S. 41, was nominated for a Pulitzer, and as reported New York Times, has died as a result of head injuries.
The other is seriously wounded British photographer Guy Martin (28 years), which has been operated in a health center closest to the front this afternoon to address bleeding caused by shrapnel. Hetherington denounced as Wednesday on Twitter the failure of the allied forces' indiscriminate bombing Gaddafi's troops in the besieged city of Misrata.
No signs of NATO. "
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