Canada Photographer Killed in Nicaragua
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From a Times Staff Writer
SAN SALVADOR — A Canadian free-lance photographer traveling with the contras inside Nicaragua has been killed in the northern department of Jinotega, a guerrilla official said Friday.
Peter Bertie, 41, was on assignment for the Toronto Sun when he was killed Thursday, a newspaper spokesman said.
Aristides Sanchez, a leader of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, said by telephone that Bertie was hit by a rocket fired from a Nicaraguan army helicopter.
Sanchez said the Canadian had been traveling with a rebel unit for about six weeks.
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