Family of killed U.S. journalist Marie Colvin sues Syria - New York Times


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  • Monday, 11 Jul 2016

The casket of journalist Marie Colvin is carried out of her funeral service as her mother Rosemarie Colvin (L) looks on at St. Dominic's Church in Oyster Bay, New York, March 12, 2012. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The family of American journalist Marie Colvin, who died in Syria in 2012, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in a U.S. court, accusing the Syrian government of deliberately killing her.

Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs in 2012 while reporting on the Syrian conflict, now in its sixth year.

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