guardian.co.uk, Associated Press, Saturday 12 March 2011
Al-Jazeera says a cameraman for the pan-Arab satellite station has been killed near the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. It is the first death of a journalist since the Libyan uprising began
The station identified the slain journalist as Ali Hassan al-Jaber but did not specify his nationality. It said he was killed in what it called an "armed ambush" on an Al-Jazeera crew in the Hawari area near Benghazi, which is the headquarters of the rebellion seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
A correspondent is also said to have been wounded in the attack
The station did not say who it thought was responsible.
Aljazeera cameraman Ali Hassan Al Jaber was returning to eastern
city of Benghazi from filing report when he was shot and killed.
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