Fox News Says Cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski Was Killed In Ukraine – CB

Fox Information stated that its cameraman, Pierre Zakrzewski, was killed in Ukraine on Monday when the car he was driving in was struck by oncoming hearth.

Correspondent Benjamin Corridor, who was with him, was injured and stays hospitalized.

“Pierre was a battle zone photographer who lined practically each worldwide story for Fox Information from Iraq to Afghanistan yo Syria throughout his lengthy tenure with us,” Fox Information Media CEO Suzanne Scott wrote in a memo to staffers on Tuesday. She stated that Zakrzewski had been working in Ukraine since February, and was based mostly in London.

The community introduced on Monday that Corridor had been injured, however stated that it didn’t have further particulars of his situation.

Scott wrote that Zakrzewski performed a key position final 12 months in getting Afghan freelance associates and their households overseas after the U.S. withdrawal. He was given an “Unsung Hero” award on the annual worker Highlight Awards.

“Right this moment is a heartbreaking day for Fox Information Media and for all journalists risking their lives to ship the information,” Scott wrote.

The scenario in Ukraine has gotten extra perilous for journalists, who’ve fanned out throughout the nation to cowl the Russian invasion and the exodus of refugees.

On Sunday, filmmaker Brent Renaud was killed and one other journalist, Juan Arredondo, was injured, when troops opened hearth on their car in a suburb of Kyiv. Ukrainian authorities stated that that they had been attacked by Russian navy.

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