Syrian filmmaker Bassel Shehade was determined to document the violence in Homs. He was killed there earlier this week -- reportedly by shelling from government forces. His friends are mourning a man they describe as extraordinarly brave.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Unidentified friend of Bassel Shehade saying:<br/> <br />"He was not afraid of anything, wherever there were clashes, you would find him, he was the first one there, he was a video journalist, he was not armed and he was the first to go, he was Christian and we are Muslims but he was a brother to us, there was no difference between us, we were brothers."<br/> <br />At the house where he was staying, his friends say the fearless cameraman also made a habit of feeding stray kittens twice a day.<br/> <br />Shehade was on a Fulbright scholarship in the in the U.S. when the uprising in his country began ---- but returned to Syria earlier this year, to tell the story and to teach opposition members to use cameras.<br/> <br />Three other activists were killed together with Shehada and one person was treated in hospital for injuries.<br/> <br />Deborah Gembara, Reuters.
