Dutch journalist killed in Georgia
A Dutch news cameraman has been killed in the Georgian city of Gori, tv station RTL reported on Tuesday.
Stan Storimans, who has worked for RTL for 20 years, was killed in a Russian bombardment of the city in central Georgia. Reporter Jeroen Akkermans was injured in the leg.
News agency AP reports that Gori was bombed overnight by Russian forces who have occupied the nearby Georgian separatist region of South Ossetia.
The bombing hit a media centre that had been set up on the roof of the city’s television and radio centre, AP says.
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