Daniel Pearl

Daniel Pearl (October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002) was an American journalist. He had American and Israeli citizenship. He was born in Princeton, New Jersey and raised in Encino, Los Angeles. He was kidnapped by Pakistani militants and later murdered by al-Qaeda member Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Pakistan. Pearl was kidnapped while working as the South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, based in Mumbai, India.

In July 2002, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British national of Pakistani origin, was sentenced to death by hanging for Pearl's abduction and murder.

References

Other websites
 The Daniel Pearl Foundation 
 Rewards for Justice Daniel Pearl Page 
 South Asian Journalists Association Roundup 
 Wall Street Journal selection of stories by Daniel Pearl
 Daniel Pearl International Journalism Institute, IDC Herzliya 
 Daniel Pearl Berkshire Scholarship 
 DANIEL PEARL AWARD - École de journalisme de Sciences Po 

Category:1963 births
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Category:American people murdered abroad
Category:Jewish American writers
Category:Journalists from California
Category:Journalists from New Jersey
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Category:Murders by blade weapons
Category:Naturalized citizens of Israel
Category:People from Princeton, New Jersey
Category:People murdered in Pakistan