Syrian citizen-journalist also among dead in Homs
In Syria Wednesday, two western journalists joined the thousands of Syrians who have already died in the conflict there. But perhaps more importantly, a Syrian citizen-journalist, who helped publish video from Homs, was also killed in the shelling.
Rami al-Sayed was a key provider of online videos showing the Syrian government’s bombardment of the central city of Homs.
That is, until his death on Tuesday.
Activists said Rami al-Sayed was fatally wounded when shells struck the opposition stronghold of Baba Amr in Homs for the 18th consecutive day. He had been trying to help a family flee in a car, witnesses said.
A video posted on his YouTube channel, Syria Pioneer, by Sayed’s brother showed his body in a makeshift clinic in Baba Amr, with shrapnel wounds to his chest, abdomen and legs.
Sayed uploaded more than 800 videos documenting the situation in the city, and used the video streaming website, Bambuser, to broadcast live footage as security forces attempted to wrest control of districts from the rebel Free Syrian Army by firing rockets, mortars and shells.
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