Journalists Killed in 1994 - Motive Confirmed: Mohammed Hussein Navab
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Date:
January 1995
Keyhan
August 30, 1994, in Mostar, Bosnia
Navab, a correspondent for the Tehran daily Keyhan, was killed in Mostar by gunmen. He disappeared on August 28, and his body was discovered on September 5. A coroner determined that he died on August 30. A fact-finding mission sent to Mostar by the Iranian government concluded that Croat militiamen abducted and killed Navab.
Medium: | |
Job: | Print Reporter |
Beats Covered: | War |
Gender: | Male |
Local or Foreign: | Foreign |
Freelance: | No |
Type of Death: | Murder |
Suspected Source of Fire: | Paramilitary Group |
Impunity: | Yes |
Taken Captive: | Yes |
Tortured: | No |
Threatened: | No |
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