Journalists Killed in 1994 - Motive Confirmed: Lahcene Bensaadallah
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Date:
January 1995
El-Irshad
October 12, 1994, in Algiers, Algeria
Bensaadallah, director of El-Irshad, a publication affiliated with the moderate Islamist party Hamas, was shot and killed outside his home in Badr, a neighborhood in Algiers.
| Medium: | |
| Job: | Editor |
| Beats Covered: | Politics |
| Gender: | Male |
| Local or Foreign: | Local |
| Freelance: | No |
| Type of Death: | Murder |
| Suspected Source of Fire: | Unknown Fire |
| Impunity: | Yes |
| Taken Captive: | No |
| Tortured: | No |
| Threatened: | No |
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