Danny Huwé (1 December 1943 – ) was a
Belgian
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journalist who was working for
VTM, Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij (English: Flemish Television Company), at the time of his death. Before VTM he worked as a radio journalist at the
BRT (national radio and television) for many years together with journalists such as Rudi Dufour,
Rudi Vranckx, Mark Ooms, and Piet Deslé. He was killed during the
Romanian Revolution
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.
Biography
He was born in
Geraardsbergen
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(
Belgium
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), and killed on 24 or 25 December 1989
in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north o ...
(
Romania
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) during the Romanian Revolution. He was shot by a sniper thought to be loyal to
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu ( , ; – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and dictator. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last Communist leader of Romania. He ...
.
Huwé was travelling by car from
Sofia
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,
Bulgaria
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towards central Bucharest.
His car was in the southwestern part of the city, in the
Drumul Taberei
Drumul Taberei (, ''The Camp Road'') is a neighbourhood located in the south-west of Bucharest, Romania, roughly between Timișoara Avenue (south of Plaza România and the Cotroceni Railway Station) and Ghencea Avenue, neighboring Militari to th ...
neighborhood, when it was blocked by a tank. Border guards opened fire, hitting him in the head.
[ Maria Andrieș, Bogdan Păcurar]
“Un fost coleg al jurnalistului belgian Danny Huwé, ucis în Revoluția din 1989, face apel la autoritățile române”
''Libertatea
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'', January 8, 2020
Legacy
The square where Huwé was killed has been named after him. The Danny Huwé Square (Piața Danny Huwé in
Romanian
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) is located at the Răzoare traffic circle which is at the intersection of Timișoara Boulevard, Drumul Taberei Boulevard, and Progresului Street. Also, the bus stations in the area bear his name.
Huwé had one son, Tim, who was 18 years old at the time of his father’s death.
References
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1943 births
1989 deaths
People from Geraardsbergen
Male journalists
Belgian television journalists
Belgian radio journalists
Flemish journalists
20th-century Belgian journalists
People of the Romanian Revolution
Deaths by firearm in Romania
Belgian people murdered abroad
Journalists killed in Romania
Journalists killed while covering military conflicts