An Egyptian photographer, Ahmed Assem, has reportedly captured his own death while filming the unrest in Egypt. A Photographer for Egypt’s Al-Horia Wa Al-Adala newspaper, Assem was one of 51 people killed. Crowds had gathered outside the Egyptian army’s Republican Guard office, where Mohamed Morsi is allegedly being kept, when security forces opened fire on the crowd. Security forces claim the protestors “stormed” the Republican Guard office, while Morsi’s supporters say shots were fired without provocation.

The incident occurred on Monday morning shortly before the pro-Muslim Brotherhood knelt for prayers, while Assem was observing the scene. Culture editor of Al-Horia Wa Al-Adala newspaper, Ahmed Abu Zeid said:

At around 6am, a man came into the media centre with a camera covered in blood and told us that one of our colleagues had been injured.

Around an hour later, I received news that Ahmed had been shot by a sniper in the forehead while filming or taking pictures on top of the buildings around the incident.

Ahmed’s camera was the only one which filmed the entire incident from the first moment.

He had started filming from the beginning of the prayers so he captured the very beginnings and in the video, you can see tens of victims. Ahmed’s camera will remain a piece of evidence in the violations that have been committed.

According to the Muslim Brotherhood this video captured the last moments of Assem’s life and will be used as evidence. The origin of this excerpt from the original video is unclear.

[Source: The Telegraph, YouTube]