Journalists Killed in 1994 - Motive Confirmed: Mohammed Hussein Navab
Publisher | Committee to Protect Journalists |
Publication Date | January 1995 |
Cite as | Committee to Protect Journalists, Journalists Killed in 1994 - Motive Confirmed: Mohammed Hussein Navab, January 1995, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4e6494c3c.html [accessed 5 June 2023] |
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Keyhan
August 30, 1994, in Mostar, Bosnia
Navab, a correspondent for the Tehran daily Keyhan, was killed in Mostar by gunmen. He disappeared on August 28, and his body was discovered on September 5. A coroner determined that he died on August 30. A fact-finding mission sent to Mostar by the Iranian government concluded that Croat militiamen abducted and killed Navab.
Medium: | |
Job: | Print Reporter |
Beats Covered: | War |
Gender: | Male |
Local or Foreign: | Foreign |
Freelance: | No |
Type of Death: | Murder |
Suspected Source of Fire: | Paramilitary Group |
Impunity: | Yes |
Taken Captive: | Yes |
Tortured: | No |
Threatened: | No |
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