American journalist killed during an attack in Syria

(WXYZ) - An American journalist that had been working for a British newspaper was killed Wednesday when a shell hit a makeshift media center in the city of Homs in Syria.

Marie Colvin was originally from Oyster Bay, New York. The Associated Press reports that she had been a foreign correspondent for Britain’s Sunday Times for two decades.

A French journalist also died in the attack. Several others were also killed and wounded.

Just yesterday, more than a hundred people reportedly died in attacks across Syria.