Marie Colvin was murdered by the Syrian army today, while reporting on the civilian massacre in Homs, being perpetrated by the same Syrian military.
Reports coming from Lebanese intelligence indicate that the make-shift press centre where Colvin was working from in the Baba Anr district of Homs, was deliberately targeted by Syrian army rocket fire. Rumours had been circulating for some days that the Syrian army was directly targeting foreign journalists in an effort to stop coverage of the civilian massacre unfolding in Homs. The 55 year old Sunday Times reporter was killed alongside award-winning 28 year old French photographer Remi Ochlik. Colvin had filed an extensive double page report on the Homs massacre which was carried in this week’s Sunday Times and as late as yesterday, was interviewed by the BBC and CNN.
Born in New York state and a graduate of Yale, Colvin was the Sunday Times Foreign Correspondent from 1995 and reported on conflicts in Chechnya, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, as well as across the Middle East. Colvin won several awards for her work and was committed to reporting the truth about numerous conflicts around the world, without fear nor favour. Colvin lost an eye to grenade fragments while reporting on the civil war in Sri Lanka. She was married three times. Colvin was held in the highest regard by her peers.
Studenty will publish a more detailed tribute to Marie Colvin in coming days.
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