Rupert Hamer - Tributes Paid

Tributes have been paid to killed Sunday Mirror Journalist, Rupert Hamer, who has been killed this weekend.

The courageous and fearless reporter, who was killed when a IED hit the truck in which he was in.
Here is the latest video of Rupert Hamer, from UK's Sky News.



Hamer is the first British Journalist to be killed in Afghanistan, and let's hope he is the last.
Philip Coburn, Hamer's photographer, was seriously injured in the attack, and remains in stable condition in hospital. Mr Hamer, was married with 3 children, and had been working for the Sunday Mirror for the last 12 years.

Tributes to Rupert Hamer.

Sky News's Geoff Meade - "Rupert got on with the job and died where he would have wanted to be - right at the front.

"He had a family and would have felt a responsibility towards that, but he was an extremely professional journalist and would have weighed up the risks.

"He was in an armoured, protected vehicle and would have balanced the odds but nowhere is safe in Afghanistan."

Defence Secretary, Bob Ainsworth paid tribute to the pair's "hard work and professionalism".

Prime Minister Gordon Brown praised the pair's "courage, skill and dedication" of reporting from the frontline so the world "could see and read about our heroic troops".

Tributes taken from SkyNews.com