The journalist has been covering the war in Ukraine for several weeks. BFMTV. Photo by AFP.
A French journalist He died Monday in Ukraine after being the victim of a Russian bombing that attacked the bus he was riding in on scope of a new evacuation of civilians near Severdonetsk.
Is about Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff32, covering Volodimir Zelenski’s invasion of the country since February 24 as cameraman for French medium BFM TV.
According to French authorities, the attack by Russian forces took place in the Lugansk region, where the vehicle was traveling where the explosion took place. The victim was traveling with journalist Maxime Bradstaetter, who sustained minor injuries.
Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff worked as a cameraman for the BFM TV channel.
Following the news, French President Emmanuel Macron fired the murdered young man and reiterated the country’s support for those on Ukrainian territory working to tell what was going on in the war.
“Journalist Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was in Ukraine to show the reality of the war. Aboard a humanitarian bus, along with civilians forced to flee to escape Russian bombs, he was shot dead,” the president on his account. Twitter, confirming the cause of his death.
And he added: “I share the pain of the family, relatives and colleagues of Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, to whom I send my condolences. the unconditional support of FranceMacron wrote.
He was also fired by the group Altice Media, which includes the channel where the man works as a cameraman. They did this with an image of themselves that they published on all their social networks accompanied by a long text.
“The Altice Media group is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, a reporter, who was killed on Monday May 30 near Lysichansk in Ukraine, where he was covering the ongoing war for BFMTV, “they said in a post.
They also provided details about how the attack happened and made sure the rest of their comrades did not suffer serious injuries.
Then, they shared their background: “Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff is 32 years old, he worked at BFMTV for 6 years. He graduated from the Bordeaux School of Journalism (IJBA). This is his second mission in Ukraine since beginning of the war “, declared.
And they concluded, in solidarity with her family and colleagues: “The Altice Media group and the BFMTV newsroom share the pain of her family and loved ones. This tragic event reminds us of the danger where all journalists more than three months will report about this battle that threatens their lives ”, they concluded.
The journalist who was the victim of a Russian attack on Monday.
In the murder of Leclerc-Imhoff, there are already eight dead journalists during the war between Russia and Ukraine that erupted on February 24 with the invasion of Vladimir Putin’s troops in his neighboring country.
He is the third Westerner to lose his life in Ukraine, after American Brent Renaud and Irishman Pierre Zakrzewski. In addition, in this nearly one hundred days of war, Russian journalist Oksana Baulin and Lithuanian documentary filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravicius also died. Others of the killed journalists were of Ukrainian origin.
Most of them were attacked in March in the first weeks of the war, in which many journalists were injured.
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Source: Clarin
