Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Veteran Japanese War Correspondent Killed Covering Syria's Civil War



Gunshots End Footage Of Japanese Reporter Slain In Syria [Video] -- L.A. Times

BEIRUT — Gunshots ring out. The video camera suddenly drops toward the pavement.

The last footage taken by Mika Yamamoto, the Japanese journalist who died Monday in Syria, ends abruptly with those sudden shots, a grim parallel to her own life being cut short.

Yamamoto, 45, lost her life in a clash between rebels and government forces while traveling with the Free Syrian Army, Japanese Foreign Minister Masaru Sato told the Associated Press on Tuesday. Another scene in the video, released by the television news agency she worked for, shows Yamamoto in a van, telling the camera she is heading to the front lines of the fighting.

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More News On The Death Of Japanese Reporter Mika Yamamoto While Covering The Syrian Civil War

Veteran Japanese war correspondent killed while covering fighting in Syria -- Washington Post/AP
Japanese Journalist’s Final Report From Syria Is Released After Her Death -- The Lede/New York Times
Japanese TV journalist killed in Aleppo gunfight -- Reuters
Japanese reporter shot dead in Syria -- AFP
Japanese journalist killed covering fighting in Syria -- BBC
Reporter killed in Syria a tough, careful veteran -- Japan Times
Journalist's partner feels 'fully responsible' / Common-law husband who had also been colleague for years torn up by Yamamoto's death in Syria -- Daily Yomiuri

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