Mohammed Hussein Navab Killed

Keyhan | Killed in Mostar, Bosnia | August 30, 1994

Job:
Print Reporter
Medium:
Print
Beats Covered:
War
Gender:
Male
Local or Foreign:
Foreign
Freelance:
No
Type of Death:
Murder
Suspected Source of Fire:
Paramilitary Group
Impunity:
Complete Impunity
Taken Captive:
Yes
Tortured:
No
Threatened:
No
Navab, a correspondent for the Tehran daily Keyhan, was killed in Mostar by gunmen. He disappeared on August 28, and his body was discovered on September 5. A coroner determined that he died on August 30. A fact-finding mission sent to Mostar by the Iranian government concluded that Croat militiamen abducted and killed Navab.