The Syrian government announced Thursday that it had formed a panel to investigate the death of French journalist Gilles Jacquier, dpa quoted the state television as reporting.
Gilles Jacquier, of the France 2 TV network, was killed Wednesday when a mortar shell struck a pro-regime rally he was attending as part of a government-authorized tour of the restive province of Homs.
He is the first Western journalist to die in the 10-month uprising in Syria.
Broadcaster Al Jazeera reported that a Belgian cameraman, who was wounded in the attack, was being treated at a hospital in Homs.