Hostages' families sue TV over Paris terror attack coverage

April 03, 2015 16:15

Families of the hostages of a radical gunman who killed four in a kosher supermarket are suing a French broadcaster over its live coverage of the attack, saying it put the hostages' lives in danger.

Paris prosecutor's office spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre said today that a preliminary investigation has been opened into the coverage by BFM television.

France's broadcast watchdog reprimanded BFM and several other television and radio stations for their coverage of the market hostage-taking and attack on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in January.

BFM and other broadcasters notably revealed in live reports that hostages were hiding in the kosher market. The watchdog and the families' lawyers say that could have endangered the hostages if the gunman found.

BFM would not immediately comment today.

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