A cameraman of Russia's First Channel
was killed in southeastern Ukraine. Anatoly Klyan was lethally wounded
in the stomach during a trip to a military unit in Donetsk. The
information was confirmed by First Channel representatives. The tragedy
occurred during the time of the truce, which President Poroshenko
extended on Friday for 72 hours. The truce expires today, June 30, in
the evening.
"Our colleague, a cameraman of the First
Channel, Anatoly Klyan, was killed this night in Donetsk. He was 68
years old. The tragedy occurred not far from the military unit, where
the crew arrived to make a report."
The trip to military unit No. 1428,
located under Avdiyivka, 15 kilometers from Donetsk, was organized by
the press service of the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk.
The journalists were traveling by bus together with mothers of
conscripts, who were going there with an intention to bring their sons
back home.
According to one source, shortly before
the arrival to the place of destination, the military suddenly opened
fire in the direction of the bus. After the start of the shooting, the
journalists managed to board the bus and move some 500 meters away from
the military unit. One of the witnesses said that before the shooting,
passengers of the bus had had a heated argument with the military.
Then the people went out, but someone fired a flare gun and the automatic fire started again.
"Everyone ran back into the bus, and the
shooting started. They were shooting exactly at the bus," one of the
journalists from the crew said. "I opened the door and squeezed inside,
as the bus was moving away. At this point, they shot at us, the bullet
shattered the glass, and the driver grabbed his head. I saw that he was
wounded, the blood started flowing. He drove away and was driving fast
until he started to lose consciousness. We almost hit a tree and swerved
into a ditch."
When the bus stopped, it turned out that
one person was injured - it was Anatoly Klyan. "We stopped a car that
was driving by and put him in there. The last words that he said were:
"Camera, camera..."
Doctors were unable to save the journalist.
Anatoly Klyan had worked at the news
department of the First Channel for more than 40 years. The journalist
had been on hundreds of trips around the world, including hotspots. When
the Ukrainian authorities barred Russian men up to 50 years of age from
entering Ukraine, Anatoly said that he had an advantage over younger colleagues...................http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/30-06-2014/127921-russian_journalist_first_channel-0/
30/6/14
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