Terry Lloyd is dead, says ITN

British TV news reporter Terry Lloyd is believed to be dead, his employers ITN said today.

Lloyd’s two colleagues, cameraman Fred Nerac and translator Hussein Osman, are still missing.

A statement released by the ITN said: “ITN has received sufficient evidence to believe that ITV News Correspondent Terry Lloyd was killed in an incident on the Southern Iraq war front yesterday.

“We believe his body to be in Basra hospital, which is still under Iraqi control. Two members of his team, Fred Nerac and Hussein Osman, are still missing and ITN so far has no information on their whereabouts or condition.”

All three had disappeared yesterday after the TV crew came under fire in Iman Anas, while travelling to Basra.