An activist in Homs points towards two bodies which he says are Western journalists killed during shelling, and says three other foreign journalists have been wounded.<br/> <br />Reuters cannot independently verify the content of this video, which has been obtained from a social media website.<br/> <br />The Syrian Network for Human Rights said the dead journalists are Marie Colvin - an American working for Britain's Sunday Times - and French photographer Remi Ochlik.<br/> <br />Both journalists were veteran correspondents of conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere.<br/> <br />Speaking from Paris, the French Foreign Minister called the killing a "murder".<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER ALAIN JUPPE SAYING:<br/> <br />"I would like to express my condolences to the families, namely to that of the French journalist. I will try to know exactly what the conditions of this murder were -- in any case of this death. It's another demonstration of the degradation of the situation in Syria and of a repression that is more and more intolerable. I hope that Friday at the Friends of Syria meeting in Tunis we will be able to move towards a peaceful solution of the situation."<br/> <br />Colvin was a fearless reporter who lost an eye to shrapnel whilst working in Sri Lanka in 2001, and consequently wore a black eye patch when appearing in public.<br/> <br />On Tuesday she gave the following phone report to Britain's ITN news:<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) SUNDAY TIMES REPORTER MARIE COLVIN SAYING (AUDIO UNDERLAID):<br/> <br />"The Syrians are not allowing anyone to leave, anyone who gets on the street, if they're not hit by a shell they are sniped; there are snipers all around Baba Amro. I think the sickening things is the completely merciless nature, they are hitting civilian buildings absolutely mercilessly and without caring and the scale of it is just shocking."<br/> <br />Ochlik first covered conflict in Haiti at the age of 20, and recently photographed the revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya.<br/> <br />The Syrian conflict is especially dangerous for journalists to cover as opposition forces are for the most part bottled up in enclaves, which can only be reached by hazardous journeys.<br/> <br />Nick Rowlands, Reuters.
