Deyda Hydara
Year: 2004
Nationality: Gambia
Killed by: Government Officials
Location: Banjul, Gambia
Press organization: The Point
What's Deyda Hydara's story?
Hydara, managing editor and co-owner of the independent newspaper The Point, as well as a correspondent for Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Reporters without Borders (RSF), was shot in the head and chest by unidentified assailants while he drove home from his office in the capital, Banjul, late at night. Two other staff members of The Point, Ida Jagne-Joof and Nyang Jobe, were in the car with Hydara and were wounded in the attack.
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