Journalists Killed  |  Algeria

Saad Bakhtaoui

El-Minbar

September 10, 1993, in Algiers, Algeria

Bakhtaoui, formerly a reporter with El-Minbar, organ of the Popular Association for Unity and Action, was kidnapped on September 10. His body was found on September 11 or 12 in Larbaa, near Algiers. Bakhtaoui had been shot to death.


Medium: Print

Job: Print Reporter

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: Yes

Tortured: No

Threatened: No


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