Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Libya: British Photographer Killed in Misurata

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Tim Hetherington, a leading British photojournalist, has been killed while covering the fighting in the Libyan city of Misurata, the Foreign Office has confirmed.

Mr Hetherington, who had won a World Press Photo of the Year award for his coverage of Afghanistan and had also made prize-winning film documentaries, was said by friends and colleagues to have died from a mortar round while on the front line.

He was on assignment for the news agency Panos. » | Nick Collins | Wednesday, April 20, 2011