Juan Arredondo, an American photographer and colleague of Brent Renaud, who was shot dead in the Kiev suburb of Irpin, describes the moment he was shot.
"We were across one of the first bridges in Irpin, we were going to film other refugees leaving and we got into a car. Someone offered to take us to the other bridge, we crossed a checkpoint and they started shooting at us. The driver turned and they kept shooting at us."[/I] Arredondo told an Italian journalist from the hospital to which he was taken.
"My friend is Brent Renault, he has been shot and left behind. I don't know how he is. I saw that he's been shot in the neck, we split up, I was taken by ambulance," he continued, while receiving first aid for his injuries.
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German Bild's correspondent in Ukraine, Paul Ronzheimer, captured on video the moment of the rescue of Juan Arredondo[/B], a regular contributor to the New York Times and National Geographic.
A French Press Agency reporter reported that he saw the body of the journalist who was killed.[/B] The two men were hit while travelling in a car with a Ukrainian citizen who was also injured, Danilo Sapovalov, a doctor who took care of the victims, told AFP.
Ukrainian authorities soon accused their Russian enemies of firing on journalists, but, as AFP notes, the origin of the shooting is difficult to determine at this time.
Covered major events and won top awards
Brent Renauld, 50, an award-winning American filmmaker and photojournalist , had travelled with his brother Craig to several war zones around the world over the past decade, including Iraq and Afghanistan. The experienced journalist, had documented major events such as the earthquake in Haiti, political unrest in Egypt and Libya, the drug cartel war in Mexico and the refugee crisis in Latin America.
Their work has won many of the top awards in television and journalism, including a Peabody Award, two Columbia DuPont Awards, two Overseas Press Club Awards, an Edward R. Murrow, an IDA award, a DGA nomination for Best Director, and multiple Emmy nominations.
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