Taras Protsyuk
Taras Protsyuk Тарас Процюк | |
|---|---|
Ukrainian SSR | |
| Died | April 8, 2003 (aged 35) |
| Occupation | TV cameraman |
Taras Protsyuk (
cameraman working for Reuters, who was murdered by the U.S. Army during the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq
.
Biography
Born in
Polish citizenship.[2] Protsyuk is survived by his wife and an eight-year-old son,[4] the family had moved from Kyiv to Warsaw in 1999.[2]
Death
Protsyuk died on April 8, 2003 (
U.S. 3rd Infantry Division
. On the same day, a total of three locations in Baghdad housing journalists were targeted and fired upon by U.S. armed forces, killing three journalists and wounding four.
There were conflicting reports about the nature of the shelling that killed Protsyuk. In the immediate aftermath of the incident,
U.S. military officials claimed one of their tanks had fired on the hotel in response to incoming sniper and rocket fire. However, journalists in the hotel at the time of the shelling, claimed to have heard no fire coming from the hotel. Moreover, the supposedly 'accidental' nature of the incident was subject to further questioning when a former military intelligence official revealed in 2008 that the Palestine Hotel had been listed as a military target prior to the 2003 incident.[5]
Remembrance
Hundreds, including politicians and public figures, attended his funeral in
Ukrainian parliament observed a minute of silence in his memory.[2]
On April 8 the
References
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Rally silence[permanent dead link], Киевские Ведомости (9 April 2004)
- ^ a b c d e TARAS PROTSYUK: REPORTER IN A FLOATING WORLD Archived 2009-01-06 at the Wayback Machine by Inessa Kim, ArtUkraine.com (17 April 2003)
- ^ a b Ukraine 'disappointed' with U.S. over refusal to pay compensation, Kyiv Post (22 April 2004)
- ^ a b Taras Protsyuk, 35, The Guardian (2 June 2003)
- ^ "DEMOCRACY NOW! EXCLUSIVE: Fmr. Military Intelligence Sgt. Reveals US Listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as Target Prior to Killing of Two Journalists in 2003 | Democracy Now!". 2019-06-25. Archived from the original on 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- UNIAN-photo service (8 April 2009)
