WORLD_ Japanese reporter killed in Syria

Japanese reporter killed in Syria

Japan's embassy to Syria confirmed Tuesday that a woman reporter had been killed in the conflict-wracked country and named her as Mika Yamamoto.



Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto was an award-winning reporter who worked for Tokyo-based independent news wire Japan Press Photo: Reuters


6:52AM BST 21 Aug 2012
The Telegraph

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had earlier reported that an unnamed Japanese female journalist had died in Aleppo, the scene of heavy fighting in recent days and weeks, and three other reporters were missing.

Ms Yamamoto was killed at Suleiman al-Halabi, a district in the east of Syria's second city where troops and rebels were locked in clashes.

The Observatory said three other reporters - Lebanese woman, an Arab man working for a US media outlet and a Turk - were all missing.


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"[Ms Yamamoto] was seriously wounded Monday while covering the clashes at Suleiman al-Halabi which have been going on since yesterday. We took her to hospital where she succumbed to her injuries," Rami Abdel Rahmane, the Observatory's president, told AFP, citing medical officials from the hospital.

"She was very likely hit by a projectile," added Mr Rahmane, who was unable to give further details about the missing journalists.

A video posted by militants on YouTube showed a female body lying in a room. It was presented as the corpse of the Japanese journalist, and said she was killed by militia allied to President Bashar al-Assad's troops.

A prominent injury could be seen on her right arm. Next to her, an Asian-looking man appeared to be asking for medical assistance.

AFP was unable to independently confirm the authenticity of the video, or the information presented in it.

French reporter Gilles Jacquier was killed on January 11 at central Syria's Homs, where American journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer both perished on February 22.




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