ISIS sniper in Libya kills Dutch photojournalist

A Dutch photojournalist was killed by an Islamic State sniper Sunday in Sirte, Libya, a spokesman for the Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous military operation said.

Jeroen Oerlemans was shot in the chest and died immediately. In July 2012, Oerlemans was abducted, along with British photojournalist John Cantlie, by militants in Syria, and released one week later. Cantlie was abducted again later that year with American journalist James Foley, and remains a hostage. The Committee to Protect Journalists says Oerlemans is the 10th journalist, plus one media worker, to be killed in Libya since 2011. "Journalists have recently begun returning in greater numbers to Libya to cover the conflict and political upheaval, but it remains an extraordinarily dangerous place," CPJ Deputy Executive Director Robert Mahoney said. "The death of Jeroen Oerlemans is a reminder that those who bring us images and video from the front lines often pay the heaviest price."

Sirte is one of the last strongholds ISIS has in Libya, and as U.S.-backed militias launch offensives, ISIS fighters are leaving behind IEDs and using more snipers to try to kill people, CNN reports.

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