Journalists Killed in 1992 - Motive Confirmed: Tura Kobilov
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Date:
January 1993
Bairaki Dusti
June, 1992, in Bokhtar, Tajikistan
Kobilov, an editor of the newspaper Bairaki Dusti, was taken hostage in the Bokhtar region by unidentified captors and shot and killed while carrying out his professional duties, according to the Union of Journalists of Tajikistan.
| Medium: | |
| Job: | Editor |
| Gender: | Male |
| Local or Foreign: | Local |
| Freelance: | No |
| Type of Death: | Murder |
| Suspected Source of Fire: | Unknown Fire |
| Impunity: | Yes |
| Taken Captive: | Yes |
| Tortured: | No |
| Threatened: | No |
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