There was nothing random about that attack. The attack also injured Conroy and another reporter, Edith Bouvier from the French newspaper Le Figaro. The artillery bombardments increased in intensity, and that's saying a lot, given the level they were at prior to the attack. However, on the morning the attack started, the first two things I noticed were two shells landed maybe 100 to 150 yards [away]. No more than 30 seconds after that there were direct hits on the media centre on the small wing of it, on the roof to the left.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 10, 2016 02:48 UTC