09 April 2010
Hiro Muramoto
Crossfire
A Reuters television cameraman was shot dead during a violent clash between Thai troops and anti-government protesters in Bangkok that killed 12 people.
Hiro Muramoto, a 43-year-old Japanese national, was shot in the chest and arrived at Klang Hospital without a pulse, hospital Director Dr Pichaya Nakwatchara said. dren. He had been covering fighting between troops and protesters in the Rajdumnoen Road area where soldiers opened fire with rubber bullets and tear gas, as well as live rounds into the air, in Bangkok's worst political violence in 18 years. Muramoto, who had worked for Reuters in Tokyo for more than 15 years, was married with two children.
