French photojournalist Antoni Lallican was killed by a drone in Ukraine on Friday, according to his employer and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Lallican, 38, was on assignment for the Hans Lucas photo agency when he was killed Friday morning, according to the agency.
The attack also injured a Ukrainian journalist, Heorgiy Ivanchenko, according to the International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ), which added that both journalists were wearing bulletproof vests marked “Press.”
In a statement to CNN, the Hans Lucas Agency said that Lallican was an award-winning photographer who had worked for the company since 2018.
“His work focused on social and societal issues, with a particular focus on conflict zones and human rights,” the statement said. “Particularly committed to the conflict in Ukraine, he had been traveling there regularly since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022.”
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