(RSF/IFEX) – On 10 December 1997, around 5:30 am, unknown individuals sprayed a flammable liquid in the main entrance of the editorial offices of “El Periodico de Alava”, a local newspaper in the province of Alava, causing a fire on the premises. Police intervention resulted in preventing the spread of the fire to the rest […]
(RSF/IFEX) – On 10 December 1997, around 5:30 am, unknown
individuals sprayed a flammable liquid in the main entrance of
the editorial offices of “El Periodico de Alava”, a local
newspaper in the province of Alava, causing a fire on the
premises. Police intervention resulted in preventing the spread
of the fire to the rest of the building.
The director of the newspaper, Jose Manuel Alonso de la Hoz,
indicated that he did not know what could have motivated such an
attack. On the night of the fire, “El Periodico de Alava”
celebrated its first anniversary.
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