Hurt reporter asks to leave Syria

23 February 2012 Last updated at 10:07 ET

The French journalist who was wounded in an attack on the Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday has asked to be evacuated from Syria quickly, saying she needs urgent medical attention.

Edith Bouvier was injured in the attack that killed journalists Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik in the Baba Amr suburb.

In a video posted online by opposition activists, Ms Bouvier says she has a broken femur and urgently needs an operation.

She asks to be evacuated to Lebanon.

23 Feb, 2012

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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-17145303
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