International News Safety Institute

05 April 2011

Anton Hammerl

Incident

Anton Hammerl

Cause of death

Crossfire

Details

A UK-based photographer was shot dead by Libyan forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi, his family say. 

South African-born Anton Hammerl was killed in a remote location in the Libyan desert. Journalists with him said pro-Gaddafi troops opened fire on them with AK-47s. Hammerl was fatally wounded.

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