Director-producer David Beriáin, one of the key figures on Spain’s new documentary scene, was killed on Monday while making an anti-poaching documentary in Burkina Faso.
Beriáin, accompanied by cameraman Roberto Fraile, was traveling in a convoy near the Arli National Park when it was attacked by armed men who arrived in two trucks and a dozen motorbikes, according to El País.
The Spanish newspaper added that Beriáin and Fraile had got out of one of the convoy’s trucks to launch a drone in order to take aerial photos when the attack began. Both lost their lives, as did Ireland’s Rory Young, director of the Fundación Chungeta Wildlife, an Ngo.
Beriáin and Fraile had both been working on a documentary about the Burkina Faso government’s attempt to crack down on poaching in its national parks.
The murder is attributed, however, to jihadists by The Guardian, which points...
Beriáin, accompanied by cameraman Roberto Fraile, was traveling in a convoy near the Arli National Park when it was attacked by armed men who arrived in two trucks and a dozen motorbikes, according to El País.
The Spanish newspaper added that Beriáin and Fraile had got out of one of the convoy’s trucks to launch a drone in order to take aerial photos when the attack began. Both lost their lives, as did Ireland’s Rory Young, director of the Fundación Chungeta Wildlife, an Ngo.
Beriáin and Fraile had both been working on a documentary about the Burkina Faso government’s attempt to crack down on poaching in its national parks.
The murder is attributed, however, to jihadists by The Guardian, which points...
- 4/27/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Documentary writer-producer David Beriain, a Spanish cameraman and a third man who were abducted Monday while working on a documentary about poaching in Burkina Faso have been killed, according to authorities in Spain.
Beriain, 44, and Roberto Fraile, 47, were embedded with a patrol of more than three dozen Burkinabe troops in the West African nation’s notoriously risky Pama area when they were ambushed and taken by unknown gunmen, according to multiple media reports. The Associated Press identified the third victim as Rory Young, the Irish director of a wildlife foundation. Two others were wounded.
Beriain’s credits including feature and TV documentaries about such dangerous topics the mafia, cartels, human traffickers and arms dealers.
Spain’s Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya told the Associated Press that the group was attacked by “jihadists” who out numbered the patrol. “It is a dangerous area where terrorists, bandits and jihadists usually operate,” she told the wire service.
Beriain, 44, and Roberto Fraile, 47, were embedded with a patrol of more than three dozen Burkinabe troops in the West African nation’s notoriously risky Pama area when they were ambushed and taken by unknown gunmen, according to multiple media reports. The Associated Press identified the third victim as Rory Young, the Irish director of a wildlife foundation. Two others were wounded.
Beriain’s credits including feature and TV documentaries about such dangerous topics the mafia, cartels, human traffickers and arms dealers.
Spain’s Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya told the Associated Press that the group was attacked by “jihadists” who out numbered the patrol. “It is a dangerous area where terrorists, bandits and jihadists usually operate,” she told the wire service.
- 4/27/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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