British Fox News journalist Benjamin Hall injured in Kyiv while reporting on Ukraine invasion, network announces on-air
A FOX News reporter has been injured while reporting outside Kyiv, Ukraine.
The injured journalist was identified as British foreign affairs correspondent Benjamin Hall, 39.
Fox’s John Roberts announced the news live on-air on Monday, calling it “news we hate to pass along.”
“It’s obviously what happens sometimes in the middle of a conflict,” said Roberts.
“A Fox News journalist has been injured while news-gathering outside of Kyiv.”
Roberts added that “very few details but teams on the ground are working as hard as they can to try to gather more information.”
In an email to employees, Fox News confirmed Hall was hospitalized; however, the extent of his injuries remains unclear.
“We have a minimal level of details right now, but Ben is hospitalized and our teams on the ground are working to gather additional information as the situation quickly unfolds,” the news outlet said.
Fox News National Correspondent Garrett Tenney extended his support to Hall and his family in a tweet, saying: “My heart breaks for @BenjaminHallFNC, his wife, and their 3 young kids.
“Praying for him, them, and the rest of our teams in Ukraine. ,” Tenney posted.
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Fox White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich tweeted: “Please pray for our Fox News colleague @BenjaminHallFNC who was injured reporting in Kyiv.”
Before joining Fox News, Hall was a war correspondent in the Middle East and Africa and is the author of Inside ISIS, The Brutal Rise of a Terrorist Army.
He is a citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom.
AMERICAN JOURNALIST KILLED IN UKRAINE
Over the weekend, American journalist Brent Renaud, 51, was killed in Ukraine while reporting in the suburb of Irpin.
The filmmaker had worked for several news and media organizations, including HBO, NBC and The New York Times.
Another reporter said to be Renaud’s colleague, is being treated at a hospital in the Ukrainian capital after being injured in the attack.
Juan Arredondo, who was wounded in the lower back, told Italian journalist Annalisa Camilli he and Renaud were shot after they were stopped at a checkpoint just after a bridge in Irpin.
“We crossed the first bridge in Irpin. We were going to film other refugees leaving and we got into a car, someone offered to take us to the other bridge,” he said.
“We crossed the checkpoint and they started shooting at us. So the driver turned around and they kept shooting.”
Arredondo said his colleague, who he named as Renaud, was hit in the neck and remained on the ground earlier on Sunday.
Andrey Nebitov, the head of the Kyiv region police, said the 51-year-old filmmaker “paid his life” for reporting on the invasion.
“A world-renowned media correspondent was shot in Irpin today,” Nebitov said.
“Another journalist is injured. Now they are trying to remove the victim from the war zone.
“Of course, the profession of a journalist is a risk, but US citizen Brent Renaud paid his life for trying to highlight the aggressor’s ingenuity, cruelty and ruthlessness.”
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