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Johanne Sutton (1 December 1966 – 11 November 2001) was a French radio reporter and journalist.
Sutton, along with fellow French journalist Pierre Billaud and German journalist Volker Handloik, was killed in an ambush in Dashti Qaleh, Takhar Province, Afghanistan on 11 November 2001.[1] The trio were travelling on a Northern Alliance armoured personnel carrier when they came under attack by Taliban troops with machine guns and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.[1] Australian journalist Paul McGeough and French journalist Véronique Reyberotte survived the attack.[1] According to Reyberotte Billaud and Sutton jumped off the tank.[1]
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Former French president Jacques Chirac and former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin praised Sutton and Billaud for their courage.[1]
^ abcdefgA NATION CHALLENGED: THE NEWS MEDIA; Two French Radio Journalists and a German Are Killed in Taliban Ambush of a Rebel Force, The New York Times, November 13, 2001
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TopYaps: 10 Journalists Who Died in the Line of Duty
December 01, 2023
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