Ahmed Issaad Killed

Algerian Television | Killed in Unknown, Algeria | November 30, 1994

Job:
Broadcast Reporter
Medium:
Television
Beats Covered:
War
Gender:
Male
Local or Foreign:
Local
Freelance:
No
Type of Death:
Murder
Suspected Source of Fire:
Impunity:
Complete Impunity
Taken Captive:
No
Tortured:
Yes
Threatened:
No

Ahmed Issaad, a reporter for Algerian Television, and Nasseredine Lekhal, a reporter for the state-owned Arabic-language daily El-Massa, were killed in Boufarik, about 30 kilometers (about 19 miles) south of Algiers. They were among five residents of Boufarik whom gunmen killed in a raid on the neighborhood. The journalists were forced out of their homes then shot and beheaded, according to Algerian Television.