Abdelhamid Yahiaoui

Year: 1995

Nationality: Algeria

Killed by:

Location: Baraki, Algiers, Algeria

Press organization: El-Chaab

What's Abdelhamid Yahiaoui's story?

Yahiaoui, a copy editor for the government-controlled Arabic daily El-Chaab, was abducted as he left his home in Baraki, on the outskirts of Algiers, on his way to meet a friend. The next day, his body was found about 100 meters (330 feet) from his house with two bullet wounds to the head.

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