Anas al-Tarsha
Year: 2012
Nationality: Syria
Killed by: Military Officials
Location: Homs, Syria
Press organization: Freelance
What's Anas al-Tarsha's story?
Al-Tarsha, a videographer who documented unrest in thebesieged city of Homs, was killedby a mortar round while filming the bombardment of the city’s QarabeesDistrict, according to news reports. The central city had been under dailyattack for more than three weeks as the Syrian government’s assault onopposition strongholds escalated in intensity. Al-Tarsha was the fourth mediafatality in Homs within a week. The 17-year old videographer regularly filmed clashes andmilitary movements, and posted the footage on YouTube, news reports and localactivists said. Al-Tarsha, who was also known as “Anas al-Homsi,” had beeninterviewed by Arabic broadcastersfor information about fatalities and attacks on the city. His footage appearedon the sites of citizen news organizations that publish thousands of videosdocumenting the violence.
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