Sunday Times journalist killed in heavy shelling in Syria


By richardpendry - Posted on 22 February 2012

Sunday Times war reporter Marie Colvin has been killed in heavy shelling in Syria.

The news comes just hours after the foreign correspondent reported on 'sickening' scenes in the war-torn city of Homs.

French photographer Remi Ochlik, 28, also died in the attack on a building in Homs, where they were sheltering with activists.

In her final piece for the Sunday Times, Colvin spoke of the citizens of Homs "waiting for a massacre".