Bodies of two photographers set to be repatriated

THE bodies of Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, two award-winning war photographers killed by a mortar attack in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata, were yesterday being transported to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.

Diplomatic representatives from Britain and the US were to meet the ship and take possession of the bodies for repatriation, according to the men’s employers.

Hetherington, a 40-year-old Briton with dual US nationality who resided in New York, worked for the magazine Vanity Fair and was nominated for an Oscar for a documentary he produced and co-directed, Restrepo, on Afghanistan.