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The family of Marie Colvin, an American journalist killed in Syria four years ago, are suing the government of President Bashar al-Assad. The lawsuit, which was filed in Washington, describes the shelling of the media centre in Homs in 2012 as a "war crime".

5 live Breakfast spoke to Paul Conroy, a photographer who was with Marie Colvin when she died. He described the attack on the media centre in Homs: 鈥淚 noticed two shells land either side of the centre, quickly followed by two more, a technique known as bracketing, which lead me to believe this was a deliberate attack. A rocket landed in the entrance way and ripped through the centre, killing Marie instantly.鈥�

鈥淭his shows the whole world quite clearly that they are not just capable of killing journalists, but from what we saw they are capable of slaughter,鈥� added Conroy.

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Sunday 10 July 2016.