Sander Thoenes
Year: 1999
Nationality: Netherlands
Killed by: Military Officials
Location: Dili, East Timor
Press organization: Freelancer
What's Sander Thoenes's story?
The body of Thoenes, 30, a Dutch freelance reporter on assignment for The Financial Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and the Dutch newspaper Vrij Nederland, was found on the morning of September 22 by United Nations forces in the Dili suburb of Becora, where Indonesian military and anti-independence militia forces had been active.
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