Sylvain Gagnetau Lago

Year: 2011

Nationality: Ivory Coast

Killed by: Military Officials

Location: Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Press organization: Radio Yopougon

What's Sylvain Gagnetau Lago's story?

The bullet-riddled body of Lago, 30, assistant editor-in-chief of Radio Yopougon, a community station, was found in a mass grave in Yopougon, the largest neighborhood in Abidjan and a stronghold of former president Laurent Gbagbo, according to the Ivorian Committee for the Protection of Journalists and CPJ sources.

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