- British TV news reporter Terry Lloyd is believed to be
dead, his employers ITN said.
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- The journalist is believed to have been killed by Allied
forces in a "friendly fire" incident in Iraq.
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- Lloyd's two colleagues, cameraman Fred Nerac and translator
Hussein Osman, are still missing.
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- A statement released by the ITN said: "ITN has received
sufficient evidence to believe that ITV News Correspondent Terry Lloyd
was killed in an incident on the Southern Iraq war front yesterday.
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- "We believe his body to be in Basra hospital, which
is still under Iraqi control. Two members of his team, Fred Nerac and Hussein
Osman, are still missing and ITN so far has no information on their whereabouts
or condition."
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- All three had disappeared yesterday after the TV crew
came under fire in Iman Anas, while travelling to Basra.
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- Father-of-two Lloyd, 50, was an award-winning broadcaster
and fearless TV journalist having reported in war-zones across the world.
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- Another cameraman, Daniel Demoustier, was injured as
the crew drove towards the key southern city in two vehicles, but he scrambled
to safety.
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- He was not able to see what happened to his colleagues,
who were first reported missing at around 2.30pm British time on Sunday.
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- British and Iraqi forces were in the area at the time.
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- Demoustier said Lloyd was his passenger in one car when
their convoy was hit by "friendly fire" from coalition forces.
- http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-12274567,00.html
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