RIP: 41-year-old British-born filmmaker and photojournalist Tim Hetherington, co-director of the Oscar-nominated Afghanistan war documentary Restrepo, was killed today when an RPG struck a group of journalists in the Libyan city of Misrata.
Three others were also injured in the attack: Pulitzer Prize-nominated Getty photographer Chris Hondros, Panos Agency photographer Guy Martin β both of whom are said to be in serious condition β and freelancer Michael Brown, who was slightly wounded.
In his final tweet, posted just hours before the attack, Hetherington wrote: βIn besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO.β
(Above: Tim Hetherington (right), alongside fellow Restrepo director Sebastian Junger.)
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