Remi Ochlik Dead: Video Shows Journalist's Last Moments (VIDEO)

New footage obtained by Reuters purports to show photojournalist Remi Ochlik shortly before he was killed in the Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday. The amateur video shows the photographer laughing and joking amid a group of rebel fighters in a Homs apartment.

Ochlik was killed alongside American war reporter Marie Colvin when a shell hit a house in Homs' Baba Amr neighborhood.

The video, reportedly filmed by rebel fighters, also shows photographer Paul Convoy, who was injured in the same attack.

"There were a couple of close hits. Then we took a direct hit somewhere," Convoy says from a makeshift hospital. "I was hit in the leg. I think my colleague Marie Colvin is dead, and Remi also is dead as far as I know."

Syrian security forces have shelled the city of Homs for the past 3 weeks. Activists say hundreds of people have died in the assault.

On Friday, more than 60 nations called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to accept a cease-fire and allow humanitarian aid to access the city. "You will pay a heavy cost for ignoring the will of the international community and violating the human rights of your people," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the Assad regime, according to the Associated Press. She said Syria's regime has "ignored every warning, squandered every opportunity and broken every agreement."

Comments

[werewolf90210]

12:27 AM on 02/27/2012

The commentator's voice over this footage is absolutely nerve racking - horrible. I had to turn it off half way through, it was like fingernails on a chalkboard.

[K Jive]

12:46 PM on 02/25/2012

I've heard that most of the "Syrian Free Army" is not actually comprised of army deserters but for the most part are just revolutionaries, freedom fighters whatever you wish to call them.

[banderson2]

01:35 PM on 02/25/2012

Of course they are not army deserters. Deserters don't turn around and fight against their former comrades. Not only do they not fight, most of them turn around and leave the country so they won't be charged with desertion. These people who are fighting Assad are mercernaries from Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon. Most of thier weapons and communications are being provided by the west. Look at the so called media in the country. They are actually with the so called rebels, really. I don't think so and I bet they are probably special ops types who provide intelligence on the Syrian government. The area people should watch out for is Idbrib close to Turkey. This is where seven and eight troops are killed at a time. If I had to guess this is also where drones are involved and it is easy to claim a bomb attack to provide cover for troop movement.

[DoctorBri1776]

05:39 AM on 02/26/2012

And your sources and evidence for this? Surely you don't expect us to take your word for this as it contradicts the sporadic reports from a country where independent journalists are not allowed access to the opposition.