Paris launches investigation into Russia's killing of French journalist in Ukraine
France's National Anti-terrorism Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) has opened an investigation into a "war crime" following the death of French photojournalist Antoni Lallican in Ukraine caused by a Russian drone attack.
Source: European Pravda, citing French newspaper Le Figaro
Details: The investigation has been assigned to the Central Office for Combating Crimes Against Humanity and Hate Crimes.
The charge of a "war crime", which falls under PNAT's jurisdiction, involves a "wilful attack on the life and physical or mental integrity of a person protected by international humanitarian law".
Lallican was killed on 3 October by a Russian FPV drone near the city of Druzhkivka in Donetsk Oblast. Kyiv Independent freelance photographer Heorhii Ivanchenkov was with him and was injured.
They were wearing protective gear and were accompanied by a press officer
Background:
- Lallican is the third French journalist to have been killed in Russian attacks in Ukraine.
- French BFMTV journalist Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was killed during an attack on an evacuation convoy in Luhansk Oblast in May 2022 while covering the evacuation.
- Thirty-two-year-old AFP video journalist Arman Soldin was killed while working in Ukraine's east in May 2023.
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