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Photojournalist Killed by ISIS Sniper

R.I.P.

In Libya.

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Jeroen Oerlemans, a Dutch photojournalist, was killed Sunday when he took fire from an ISIS sniper in Libya, a government spokesman said. Oerlemans, 46, was covering a skirmish between the terror group and pro-government troops when he was shot in the chest multiple times. In 2012, Oerlemans was kidnapped and held for a week in Syria while covering the civil war there. His photos had most recently made their way into the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. He leaves behind a girlfriend and three children.

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