Award Winning British Journalist Tim Hetherington Dies in Libya
Click here to view this media From the BBC – British journalist Tim Hetherington dies in Libya : An award-winning British photographer has been killed while covering the conflict in the Libyan city of Misrata. Liverpool-born Tim Hetherington, 40, is said to have been killed in a rocket-propelled grenade attack. His family said he would be “forever missed”. US photographer Chris Hondros, 41, was also killed, and two others, including Briton Guy Martin, were injured. Mr Hetherington, who co-directed Oscar-nominated war documentary Restrepo, was working for Vanity Fair magazine. In a statement on the magazine’s website , his family said: “It is with great sadness we learned that our son and brother, photographer and filmmaker, Tim Hetherington was killed in Misrata, Libya, by a rocket-propelled grenade. “Tim will be remembered for his amazing images and his Academy Award-nominated documentary Restrepo.” They added: “Tim was in Libya to continue his ongoing multimedia project to highlight humanitarian issues during time of war and conflict.” And here’s more from Human Rights Watch: A Tribute to Tim Hetherington .
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Award Winning British Journalist Tim Hetherington Dies in Libya
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