French Photographer killed over camera theft

[David Chidley]

Very sad story of travel/nature photographer Laurent Schwebel who was just shooting a monument in Buenos Aires, Argentina and is killed by thief/attacker. Something for all of us carrying expensive cameras to think about.

http://en.mercopress.com/2012/02/08/french-photographer-stabbed-to-death-when-taking-pictures-of-buenos-aires-malvinas-memorial

His website google translated:

http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.laurent-schwebel.com/&prev=/search%3Fq%3DLaurent%2BSchwebel%26hl%3Den%26tbo%3Dd%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7GGHP_enCA447&sa=X&ei=U3wIUYXOLdHrqAGKkoGQBw&ved=0CDkQ7gEwAQ

In French:

http://www.laurent-schwebel.com/