Nasseredine Lekhal

Updated January 1, 1999


Tahar Djaout, Ruptures, May 26, 1993
Rabah Zenati, Algerian State Television (ENTV), August 3, 1993
Abdelhamid Benmeni, Algérie-Actualité, August 9, 1993
Saad Bakhtaoui, El-Minbar, September 9, 1993
Abderrahmane Chergou, PAGS party paper, September 28, 1993

Ahmed Issaad, a reporter for Algerian Television, and Nasseredine Lekhal, a reporter for the state-owned Arabic-language daily El-Massa, were killed in Boufarik, about 30 kilometers (about 19 miles) south of Algiers. They were among five residents of Boufarik whom gunmen killed in a raid on the neighborhood. The journalists were forced out of their homes then shot and beheaded, according to Algerian Television.

Ahmed Issaad, a reporter for Algerian Television, and Nasseredine Lekhal, a reporter for the state-owned Arabic-language daily El-Massa, were killed in Boufarik, about 30 kilometers (about 19 miles) south of Algiers. They were among five residents of Boufarik whom gunmen killed in a raid on the neighborhood. The journalists were forced out of their homes then shot and beheaded, according to Algerian Television.