Gundars Matiss
Year: 2001
Nationality: Latvia
Killed by: Criminal Group
Location: Liepaja, Latvia
Press organization: Kurzeme Vards
What's Gundars Matiss's story?
Matiss, a crime reporter with the Liepaja-based daily Kurzeme Vards,was attacked on November 15 in the stairwell of his apartment buildingafter he returned home from a shopping expedition. In a phoneconversation from the hospital two hours after the attack, Matiss toldthe paper’s editor-in-chief, Andzilss Remess, that someone followed himhome and hit him from behind with a truncheon or club. He was struckseveral times on the head, arms, and legs. The assailant fled whenneighbors interrupted the attack.
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