Journalists Killed  |  Algeria

Mohamed Abderrahmani

El-Moudjahid

March 27, 1995, in Algiers, Algeria

Abderrahmani, director of the government-run, French-language daily El-Moudjahid, was killed after unidentified assailants sprayed his car with bullets when he stopped at a traffic light on his way to work. Abderrahmani died of his wounds before arriving at the hospital.


Medium: Print

Job: Editor

Beats Covered: Culture, Politics

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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