Award winning British journo killed in Libya
Award-winning British photographer Tim Hetherington was killed yesterday covering the escalating violence in the Libyan city of Misrata while three other western journalists were injured.
Hetherington, 40, was the co-creator of Oscar-winning documentary Restrepo. He is believed to be the first western journalist killed covering the Libyan conflict.
Chris Hondros, 41, a US Pulitzer prize-winner who works for Getty Images, and British photographer Guy Martin, who works for the Panos agency, were critically injured in the same incident, according to a New York Times report.
The fourth photographer injured was reported by the New York Times to be Michael Christopher Brown, although his condition was not said to be life threatening.
Hetherington posted on Twitter on Tuesday: "In besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO."
According to colleagues at the scene, Hetherington and Hondros were among a group of about eight or 10 journalists reporting from the bridge on Tripoli Street in Misrata yesterday afternoon, regarded as the frontline between rebels and Gaddafi's forces.
When shooting broke out, the group split in two. Hetherington's group of five journalists took shelter against a wall, which was then hit by mortar or RPG fire.
Rushed to hospital, Hetherington died soon after arrival.
Heavy explosions in Misrata continued into the evening.
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