Journalists Killed in 1995 - Motive Confirmed: Azzedine Saidj
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Date:
January 1996
El-Ouma
May 15, 1995, in near Algiers, Algeria
Saidj, former editor-in-chief of the now-defunct independent weekly E- Ouma, was found dead in his car, about 10 miles east of Algiers. His throat had been slit.
| Medium: | |
| Job: | Editor |
| Beats Covered: | Culture, Politics, War |
| 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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