The remains of journalist Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, killed Monday in eastern Ukraine by shrapnel during a bombardment, will be repatriated to France on Wednesday, BFMTV announced Sunday evening during a program paying tribute to him.
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Frédéric returns on Wednesday.
A tribute will be paid to him on Friday, it will be Place de la République at 6:30 p.m.
"in Paris, announced the channel during the program receiving his colleagues from the mission in Ukraine, Maxime Brandstaetter and Oksana Leuta, who were at his side when he left. been killed.
Both arrived in France on Friday evening.
During this special program, they returned, with emotion, to the circumstances in which the journalist died, following a humanitarian mission.
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As usual, the authorities had warned us (that the road) was dangerous and that they could not ensure our safety there, but if you want, it's the same everywhere in the Donbass.
With Frédéric, we were used to constantly consulting each other, to discussing everything.
So yes, that day, we hesitate, but we say to ourselves that it is there that it is happening, and that it is our job to go there
, ”said Maxime Brandstaetter.
A tribute will be paid Friday in Paris to Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, at the call of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in particular.
His family, friends and colleagues will be present.
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Let's be many to pay tribute to him, Place de la République in Paris, Friday June 10 at 6:30 p.m.
," says RSF on Twitter.
The head of French diplomacy, Catherine Colonna, said in a tweet that the 32-year-old reporter had been “
killed by a Russian bombardment
”.
The French National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office (Pnat) announced on Monday the opening of a war crimes investigation after the reporter's death.