freelance
August 31, 1994, in Baidoa, Somalia

Anceaux, a Swiss journalist on assignment with the charity group CARITAS-Switzerland, was shot and killed in a CARITAS-run refugee camp in Baidoa, southwest of Mogadishu. Armed men in a jeep fired at Anceaux as he was interviewing a Somali woman. CARITAS shut down its operations in Somalia after the murder.

Medium:Television
Job:Broadcast Reporter
Beats Covered:Human Rights
Gender:Male
Local or Foreign:Foreign
Freelance:Yes
Type of Death:Murder
Suspected Source of Fire:Unknown Fire
Impunity:Yes
Taken Captive:No
Tortured:No
Threatened:No

 

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