Ukraine
Frédéric L.-I. (victim)
Type of liability
Personne physique
Alleged perpetrator(s)
X
Nationality of alleged perpetrator(s)
n/a
Legal classification of crime(s)
War crimes
Source of the complaint
Public Prosecutor's Office
Ongoing proceedings
oui
Regime
4 - 113 CP
Summary of facts
On May 30, 2022, Frédéric L.-I., a French journalist for the French channel BFMTV, was killed by shell shrapnel while monitoring a humanitarian operation near Severodonetsk. Frédéric L.-I. was aboard a humanitarian truck to film the evacuation of Ukrainian civilians fleeing the Russian shelling of the city of Lysychansk, in the east of the country. Two other BFMTV colleagues were with him and were slightly injured.
Amnesty International France recalls that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law.