Journalists Killed in 1995 - Motive Confirmed: Abdelhamid Yahiaoui
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Date:
January 1996
El-Chaab
January 12, 1995, in Baraki, Algiers, Algeria
Yahiaoui, a copy editor for the government-controlled Arabic daily El-Chaab, was abducted as he left his home in Baraki, on the outskirts of Algiers, on his way to meet a friend. The next day, his body was found about 100 meters (330 feet) from his house with two bullet wounds to the head.
| 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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