Governor of Homs Ghassan Abdel al-Al issued a decision to form a committee to conduct an investigation into the facts, evidence and circumstances of the attack which claimed the lives of the French journalist Gilles Jacquier, the correspondent of France 2 TV, and 8 Syrian citizens, leaving 35 others injured.

The committee consists of a judge, Head of the Criminal Security Branch in Homs City, two weapons experts and a representative of the France 2 TV channel.

Jacquier was visiting Ekrima neighborhood in Homs along with a foreign media delegation to document the damages left by terrorists on building with photos and interviewing citizens who were victims of terror in the city when armed terrorist member fired mortar projectiles on the delegation. 

Source: ANTARA