Mwandishi wa Habari raia wa Ufaransa auawa kwa bomu katika vita Nchini Ukraine

[Chachu Ombara]

Mwandishi wa Habari wa Ufaransa Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff (32) ameuawa kwa kupigwa risasi nchini Ukraine. Leclerc-Imhoff alikuwa akifanya kazi katika Shirika la habari la BFM TV na alikuwa nchini Ukraine kutangaza hali halisi ya vita ikiwemo uokoaji wa watu.

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A French journalist has been shot and killed in Ukraine, according to French President Emmanuel Macron.

"Journalist Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff was in Ukraine to show the reality of the war. On board a humanitarian bus, alongside civilians forced to flee to escape the Russian bombs, he was fatally shot," Macron tweeted Monday.

"I share the grief of the family, friends and colleagues of Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff, to whom I send my condolences. To those who carry out the difficult mission of providing information in theaters of operation, I want to reiterate France's unconditional support," Macron added.

France's Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said she had spoken with the governor of Luhansk and asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate.

"This is a double crime, targeting a humanitarian convoy and a journalist," she said.

Leclerc-Imhoff, 32, worked for CNN affiliate BFM TV, which released a statement saying its staff was "deeply saddened" by his death, adding that he was killed on the road to Lyssychansk in the Severodonetsk region of Ukraine.

"He was victim of a shrapnel, while he was following a humanitarian operation in an armored vehicle, this Monday. He was accompanied by his colleague Maxime Brandstaetter, who was slightly wounded in this strike, and their "fixer" Oksana Leuta, who was not hit," reads the statement.

Leclerc-Imhoff had worked for BFM TV for six years, said the broadcaster, and was on his second trip to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion.

"The Altice Media Group and the editorial staff of BFMTV share the grief of his family and friends," reads the statement. "This tragic event reminds us of the dangers faced by all journalists who have been risking their lives to report on this conflict for over three months now."

This is not the first time that a journalist has been killed covering Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

In early March a Ukrainian camera operator, Yevhenii Sakun, was reportedly killed when Kyiv's TV tower was shelled.

Then on March 13, award-winning American journalist Brent Renaud was killed by Russian forces in the Ukrainian city of Irpin, according to police in Kyiv. Another American journalist, Juan Arredondo, was wounded.

And the next day Fox News journalists Pierre Zakrzewski, a 55-year-old longtime war photojournalist, and Oleksandra "Sasha" Kuvshynova, a 24-year-old Ukrainian journalist working as a consultant for the network, were killed near Kyiv.

Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall was seriously injured in the attack.

Source: CNN

 

[City Of Lies]

Duh!
Hatari sana!

 

[Waterloo]

Si jambo la kufurahisha kuuwa waandishi wa habari waliopo vitani.

 

[let the caged bird sings]

Yule wa Aljazeera alieuawa kuna watu walitaka Dunia isimame kwa masaa kadhaa ili itoe condolence.

 

[JanguKamaJangu]

Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff, 32, raia wa Ufaransa ameuawa kwa bomu ambalo lilitua kwenye gari wakati wa mapambano ya vita dhidi ya majeshi ya Urusi.

“Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff alikuwa Ukraine kuonesha uhalisia wa vita,” amesema Rais wa Ufaransa, Emmanuel Macron.

Mwandishi huyo alikuwa akiripoti habari zake katika kituo cha BFM TV na hiyo ilikuwa safari yake ya pili Ukraine tangu kuanza kwa vita Februari 24, 2022.

Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje wa Ufaransa, Catherine Colonna amesema mwandishi huyo aliuawa kwa mabomu yaliyorushwa na Urusi wakati akiwa amevaa sare zake za kazi.


Chanzo: Al jazeera



French journalist killed during Russian bombardment in Ukraine

Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff, 32, killed during Russian bombardment that a hit vehicle evacuating civilians, officials say.

A French journalist has been killed during a Russian bombardment that struck a vehicle evacuating civilians from eastern Ukraine, French and Ukrainian officials said.

“Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff was in Ukraine to show the reality of war,” French President Emmanuel Macron wrote on Twitter on Monday.


“Onboard a humanitarian bus with civilians forced to flee to escape Russian bombings, he was mortally wounded.”

Leclerc-Imhoff was working for the BFM television news channel, which said he was 32 years old and on his second Ukraine reporting trip since the war began on February 24.

He was near Severodonetsk, a city in Ukraine’s east that has been pounded by advancing Russian troops in recent weeks, the French and Ukrainian foreign ministries said in separate statements.

Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, who visited Kyiv on Monday, wrote on Twitter that Leclerc-Imhoff had been killed “by a Russian bombardment of a humanitarian mission while he was carrying out his duty to inform.

“I have spoken with the government of Luhansk and asked President [Volodymyr] Zelensky for an inquiry, and they assured me of their help and support,” she wrote.

BFM said its journalist had been hit by shrapnel from the bombing, and his colleague Maxime Brandstaetter was wounded. Their local fixer Oksana Leuta was not hurt.

“This tragic event reminds us of the dangers faced by all journalists who have been risking their lives to describe this conflict for more than three months now,” BFM said in a statement.

 

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