British photojournalist hit by non lethal rounds during Los Angeles protests

Nick Stern to undergo surgery for wound sustained during the standoff between police and anti-Ice protesters

Nick Stern, a British news photographer based in Los Angeles, is set to undergo emergency surgery for a wound sustained during the standoff between police and anti-Ice protesters in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Stern told the Guardian he had been covering the protest near a branch of Home Depot in Paramount, where immigrants workers are typically hired for day work, when he felt a sharp pain in his leg.