BBC News reports: French TV reporter Gilles Jacquier has been killed in the Syrian city of Homs, the first Western journalist to die in the country’s current unrest.
He was on a government-authorised trip to the city, the France 2 channel said.
Syrian TV said Jacquier was among eight killed. A colleague said that minutes earlier they had interviewed some people at a pro-government gathering.
Opposition groups say 24 people died around the country on Wednesday, including 10 in Homs.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has called for full clarification of what happened.
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