In Lebanon, Cameraman Killed by Syrian Gunfire

New York, April 9, 2012--Syrian security forces shot and killed a Lebanese cameraman today as he was working in the northern Lebanese town of Wadi Khaled near the Syrian border, according to the journalist's employer and news reports citing Lebanese officials. The cross-border death comes on the same day that Syrian security forces fired shots into a refugee camp near the Turkish border, injuring several people, news reports said.

Ali Shaaban, a cameraman for the Beirut-based television station Al-Jadeed, was struck in the chest while sitting inside a station vehicle, his employer said in a statement. The broadcaster said Syrian security forces had fired from the Syrian border town of Armouta.