This is a tragic news story and the report comes from the PDNewswire (Photo District News) and was written by Daryl Lang. It's a sad reminder that far too many journalists have, and are still paying the ultimate price, to document these insane wars:
Two journalists including Georgian photographer Alexander Klimchuk (pictured) were killed Sunday while covering the conflict in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, according to press advocacy groups.
With two more deaths Monday, four journalists have been reported killed since fighting erupted between Georgia and Russia last week.
It is an extraordinarily high toll for a conflict that has lasted less than a week. At least six other journalists have been injured and two more are missing, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Photographer Klimchuk and journalist Grigol Chikhladze died after their vehicle came under attack at a roadblock Monday, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Klimchuk was the head of the Georgian photo agency Caucasus Images, according to the agency's Web site. Chikhladze was working as a reporter for Russian Newsweek, according to friend and fellow journalist Timo Vogt.
Klimchuk was on assignment for the Russian news agency Itar Tass, CPJ reported. The Caucasus Images site displays some of Klimchuk's final images, showing soldiers on patrol August 5 in South Ossetia, several days before fighting broke out.
Photo copyright Timo Vogt.
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