Danny Huwé

Danny Huwé (1 December 1943 – c. 24 December 1989) was a Belgian journalist who was working for vtm at the time of his death.

He was born in 1943 in Geraardsbergen (Belgium), and killed on 23 or 24 December 1989^[1][2][3] in Bucharest (Romania) during the Romanian Revolution. He was shot by a sniper who thought that Huwé was loyal to Nicolae Ceauşescu. Huwé was travelling from Sofia, Bulgaria to Bucharest.

Memorial

A square has been named after Huwé in Bucharest. The Danny Huwé Square (Piața Danny Huwé in Romanian) is located in the neighborhood of Drumul Taberei, at the Razoare traffic circle which is at the intersection of Timișoara Boulevard, Drumul Taberei Boulevard and Progresului Street.

References

1. ^ http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=50
2. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/26/world/upheaval-in-the-east-2-journalists-killed-in-rumanian-combat.html?pagewanted=1
3. ^ http://enciclopediaromaniei.ro/wiki/Danny_Huwe

Persondata
Name	Huwe, Danny
Alternative names
Short description	journalist
Date of birth	1 December 1943
Place of birth	Geraardsbergen, Belgium
Date of death	24 or 25 December 1989
Place of death	Bucarest, Rumania