A French journalist who worked for the continuous news channel BFMTV and accompanied civilians on board a humanitarian bus was killed on Monday in Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Twitter.
” Journalist, Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was in Ukraine to show the reality of the war. Aboard a humanitarian bus, alongside civilians forced to flee to escape Russian bombs, he was fatally shot “wrote the head of state.
Journalist, Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was in Ukraine to show the reality of the war. On board a humanitarian bus, alongside civilians forced to flee to escape Russian bombs, he was fatally shot.
—Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) May 30, 2022
The head of French diplomacy Catherine Colonna has “ required ” Monday ” a transparent investigation as soon as possible to shed light on the circumstances of this tragedy “.
” BFMTV has the immense pain to announce the disappearance of Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff », image reporter, 32 years old, confirmed the channel on its antenna. The latter was injured by “shrapnel while he was following a humanitarian operation”, she said. This was the second mission to Ukraine for the videographer, who had worked for BFMTV for six years.
Journalist Maxime Brandstaetter, who accompanied the image reporter on this report, was “ slightly injured “, said the chain.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, at least eight journalists have died in the field in the exercise of their profession, according to a count by the organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
(With AFP)