Report: U.S. Journalist Killed, Second Critically Wounded In Attack In Libya

ABC News is reporting war photographer Tim Hetherington has been killed in a mortar attack in Libya today.

Hetherington, who was nominated this year for an Oscar this year for his work on a documentary about U.S. troops in Afghanistan, was reportedly killed in Misrata. ABC cites colleagues for the report.

According to various sources, Hetherington was in a group of journalists hit by mortar, including Chris Hondros, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated photographer, who one colleague said had died, though Vanity Fair has reported that Hondros remains in “critical condition” after the attack.

The news first surfaced on the Facebook page of Andre Liohn, a photographer and friend:

“Sad news Tim Hetherington died in Misrata now when covering the front line. Chris Hondros is in a serious status. Michel Brown and Guy are wounded but fine.”

Liohn, whose post described him as being in Misrata, later said Hondros had died of his injuries.

Hetherington’s Twitter feed has as its most recent update, posted early Tuesday morning, “in besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO.”

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