CAMERAMAN working for Al-Jazeera pan-Arab satellite channel was killed in an ambush near the rebel stronghold of Benghazi in eastern Libya, the television said.
It was the first reported death of a journalist working for a foreign news organisation during the Libyan uprising.
"Ali Hassan al Jaber has been martyred after his crew was ambushed in the region of Hawari near Benghazi," Al Jazeera said, without specifying who was behind the ambush or what day it took place.
The cameraman "was returning to Benghazi from a nearby town after filming an opposition protest (when) unknown fighters opened fire on the team. Two people including al Jaber were shot. Al Jaber was rushed to hospital, but it was too late," a local reporter in Libya said, according to Sky News.
On Thursday, the Brazilian newspaper Estado de Sao Paulo said one its reporters, Andrei Netto, held in Libya since March 2 had been freed by Libyan security forces.
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