The Gazette · 30 August 1987
CP-1987-015
Arab cartoonist dies of gunshot wound
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Deutsche Presse-Agentur He had been in critical condition LONDON - Palestinian political in the hospital where he died since an unidentified assailant shot him at cartoonist Ali Naji Awad al-Adhani point-blank range as he left the al- died Saturday of a bullet wound in Qabas office in the Chelsea district. the head, suffered in an attack July British police have not yet traced the 22 in the street outside his London gunman. office.
Adhani worked for the largest Popularly known as Naji al-Ali, independent newspaper in the Middle Adhani frequently criticized both the East, the Kuwaiti daily al-Qabas, Palestine Liberation Organization and was described as the most fa- and Iranian leader the Ayatollah mous cartoonist in the Arab world, Ruhollah Khomeini.
Adhani was not known especially for his criticism of believed to have been connected with Middle East governments. any Arab political group
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"Arab cartoonist dies of gunshot wound," The Gazette, 30 August 1987. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1987-015. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1987-015
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