Name Johanne Sutton | Role Reporter | |
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Died November 11, 2001, Dashti Qala District | ||
Hommage à Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton et Volker Handloik
Johanne Sutton (1 December 1966 in Casablanca, Morocco – 11 November 2001 in Dashti Qaleh, Afghanistan) was a French radio reporter and journalist. Graduating from the École supérieure de journalisme de Lille in 1990, she began working for Radio France International in 1991. Sutton had covered conflicts in Kosovo, Macedonia, and the Middle East, though she specialized in investigative reporting.
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Death
Sutton, along with fellow French journalist Pierre Billaud and German journalist Volker Handloik, was killed in an ambush in Dashti Qaleh, Takhar Province, Afghanistan on 11 November 2001. The trio were travelling on a Northern Alliance armoured personnel carrier when they came under attack by Taliban troops with machine guns and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. Australian journalist Paul McGeough and French journalist Véronique Reyberotte survived the attack. According to Reyberotte Billaud and Sutton jumped off the tank.
Reaction
Former French president Jacques Chirac and former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin praised Sutton and Billaud for their courage.
