Journalists Killed in 1995 - Motive Confirmed: Hamid Mahiout
| Publisher | Committee to Protect Journalists |
| Publication Date | January 1996 |
| Cite as | Committee to Protect Journalists, Journalists Killed in 1995 - Motive Confirmed: Hamid Mahiout, January 1996, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4e6494de23.html [accessed 18 May 2013] |
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Liberté
December 2, 1995, in Algiers, Algeria
Mahiout, a reporter for the independent, French-language daily Liberté, and Ahmed Belkhefellah, his driver, were kidnapped and killed by unknown assailants. They were found dead the following morning in the Rais Hamidou neighborhood in Algiers. Colleagues report that Mahiout and Belkhefellah were decapitated, their heads impaled on spikes and their bodies stacked on top of each other.
| Medium: | |
| Job: | Print Reporter |
| Gender: | Male |
| Local or Foreign: | Local |
| Freelance: | No |
| Type of Death: | Murder |
| Suspected Source of Fire: | Unknown Fire |
| Impunity: | Yes |
| Taken Captive: | Yes |
| Tortured: | Yes |
| Threatened: | No |
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