Al-Jazeera cameraman killed in eastern Libya

March 12, 2011 ⋅ 9:45 pm

Al-Jazeera says a cameraman for the pan-Arab satellite station has been killed near the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.

It was the first death of a journalist since the Libyan uprising began on Jan. 15.

The station identified the slain journalist as Ali Hassan al-Jaber but did not specify his nationality. It said he was killed in what it called an “armed ambush” on an Al-Jazeera crew in the Hawari area near Benghazi, which is the headquarters of the rebellion seeking to oust Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

The station said Saturday a correspondent was also wounded.

It did not say who it thought was behind the attack.

Most of eastern Libya remains under rebel control, though pro-government forces have retaken territory in the past several days.
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Al Jazeera employee killed in Libya

Cameraman Ali Hassan Al Jaber was returning to eastern city of Benghazi from filing report when he was shot and killed. Last Modified: 12 Mar 2011 19:40 GMT

An Al Jazeera cameraman has been killed in what appears to have been an ambush near the rebel-held city of Benghazi in eastern Libya.

Ali Hassan Al Jaber was returning to Benghazi from a nearby town after filing a report from an opposition protest when unknown fighters opened fire on a car he and his colleagues were travelling in.

Two people including Al Jaber were shot. Al Jaber was rushed to hospital, but did not survive.

Wadah Khanfar, the director-general of Al Jazeera, says the network "will not remain silent" and will pursue those behind the ambush through legal channels.

He says that the killing came after "an unprecedented campaign" against the network by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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