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French journalist Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff killed by Russian shelling in Lugansk region

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* Status: Confirmed

French journalist Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, working for BFMTV, was killed after fragments from an exploded Russian shell pierced the armour of a vehicle that he was in while covering the local evacuation efforts. Officials say he suffered a fatal wound to the neck after shrapnel pierced the armoured vehicle. His colleague Maxime Brandstaetter was also injured. It was Mr Leclerc-Imhoff’s second trip to Ukraine to cover the war. He had worked for BFMTV for six years. Another person travelling with Mr Leclerc-Imhoff, a local Ukrainian journalist, was not injured.

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