Reuters journalist killed by American tank fire.
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Tuesday April 08, 2003 14:25
by Kevin-Scott
An american tank fired on the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad killing one and injuring three journalists. The hotel is the base where most foreign correspondents covering the war are staying.
A Sky news corespondent in the building at the time of the shelling had this to say, “They new we were there... there was absolutely no mistake,”.
US troops reported snipers in the hotel firing on them.
Taras Protsyuk 35 had been working for Reuters since 1993, he was killed in the attack.