“It’s a part of the family that tonight disappears“. It is with great emotion that Marc-Olivier Fogiel, General Manager of BFMTV, spoke on the evening of this Monday, May 30, 2022, live on the news channel, following the death of Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff The 32-year-old journalist, who has worked for BFMTV for six years, was killed today in Ukraine while covering the conflict since the Russian invasion.
Like Marc-Olivier Fogiel, many were quick to pay tribute to the memory of the young journalist killed while accompanying civilians on board a humanitarian bus with one of his colleagues.
“Journalist, Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was in Ukraine to show the reality of the war. Aboard a humanitarian bus, alongside civilians forced to flee to escape Russian bombs, he was fatally shot“, wrote French President Emmanuel Macron on Twitter. “To those who carry out the difficult mission of informing in theaters of operations, I would like to reiterate France’s unconditional support“, he added.
The head of French diplomacy, Catherine Colonna, said in a tweet that the reporter had been “killed by a Russian bombardment on a humanitarian operation while carrying out his duty to inform“, condemning a “double crime targeting a humanitarian convoy and a journalist“. The minister has “required” “a transparent investigation as soon as possible to shed light on the circumstances of this tragedy“.”Informing Shouldn’t Cost Any Lives“, tweeted the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne.