A French journalist who worked for the BFMTV channel and accompanied civilians on board a humanitarian bus was killed in Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Twitter on Monday.
“Journalist Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was in Ukraine to show the reality of the war. On board a humanitarian bus, alongside civilians forced to flee to escape Russian bombs, he was fatally injured,” wrote the leader. of State.
Journalist, Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was in Ukraine to show the reality of the war. On board a humanitarian bus, alongside civilians forced to flee to escape Russian bombs, he was fatally shot.
—Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) May 30, 2022
The head of French diplomacy Catherine Colonna on Monday “demanded” a “transparent investigation” into the death of Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, a BFMTV journalist killed in eastern Ukraine while covering a Ukrainian evacuation operation. near Severodonetsk.
His death is “deeply shocking”, adds the minister in a press release, calling for “a transparent investigation as soon as possible to shed full light on the circumstances of this tragedy”.