{"id":10504,"date":"2013-02-11T17:03:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/uncategorized\/photographer-hetherington-unlawfully-killed-inquest-hears-10504"},"modified":"2014-09-02T13:45:40","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T12:45:40","slug":"photographer-hetherington-unlawfully-killed-inquest-hears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographer-hetherington-unlawfully-killed-inquest-hears\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographer Hetherington \u2018unlawfully killed\u2019, inquest hears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking after the inquest, Tim Hetherington&#8217;s mother, Judith, told reporters: \u2018He was an image maker and storyteller, that is how he liked to be described.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He was a wonderful humanitarian.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/photo-news\/534899\/photographer-tim-hetherington-was-set-to-call-it-a-day-update-4-24pm\">award-winning photojournalist<\/a> was killed in Libya in April 2011, along with US photographer Chris Hondros. <\/p>\n<p>Another UK photographer, Guy Martin, was injured when a mortar round landed on a group of journalists who were documenting attempts by Gaddafi forces to retake Tripoli Street in Misrata.\u2028<\/p>\n<p>At today&#8217;s inquest it emerged that, at the time, there had been some disagreement among those in the group with Hetherington as to whether they should remain with rebel fighters, according to reports by newspapers including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/9862761\/War-photographer-felt-he-had-pushed-his-luck-on-day-he-died.html\">The Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Guy Martin is reported to have told Westminster Coroner&#8217;s Court that the group \u2018considered we had pushed our luck that day&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u2018The fighting and level of violence we witnessed that morning was catastrophic, with hand-to-hand fighting, grenades being thrown, buildings being set on fire with loyalist troops still inside and incoming mortar fire coming from miles away.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/photo-news\/534899\/photographer-tim-hetherington-was-set-to-call-it-a-day-update-4-24pm\"><em>Amateur Photographer (AP) <\/em><\/a>interviewed Tim Hetherington for a feature article in 2008. <\/p>\n<p>The photographer is a former winner of AP&#8217;s Power of Photography Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A coroner has ruled that British photographer Tim Hetherington \u2013 who died in Libya in 2011 \u2013 was unlawfully killed, according to press reports from today&#8217;s inquest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-10504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - 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