Journalists Killed  |  Algeria

Abderrahmane Chergou

Freelance

September 28, 1993, in Algiers, Algeria

Chergou, a freelance journalist and official of the leftist PAGS party, was stabbed to death outside his home in the Algiers suburb of Mohammedia.


Medium: Print

Job: Print Reporter

Beats Covered: Politics

Gender: Male

Local or Foreign: Local

Freelance: Yes

Type of Death: Murder

Suspected Source of Fire: Unknown Fire

Impunity: Yes

Taken Captive: No

Tortured: No

Threatened: No


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