Journalists Killed in 1995 - Motive Confirmed: Rachida Hammadi
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Date:
January 1996
Algerian State Television
March 31, 1995, in Algiers, Algeria
On March 20, Rachida Hammadi, a well-known investigative reporter for Algerian State Television, and her sister, Houriya Hammadi, a secretary for the television station, were gunned down by unknown assailants while waiting outside their parents' home for a hired car to pick them up and take them to work. Houriya died instantly. Rachida sustained two bullet wounds to the neck, one by each ear. She died in a Paris hospital on March 31. The radical Armed Islamic Group (GIA) claimed responsibility for her murder.
Medium: | Television |
Job: | Broadcast Reporter |
Beats Covered: | Corruption, Human Rights, Politics |
Gender: | Female |
Local or Foreign: | Local |
Freelance: | No |
Type of Death: | Murder |
Suspected Source of Fire: | Political Group |
Impunity: | Yes |
Taken Captive: | No |
Tortured: | No |
Threatened: | No |
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