Daniel Forestier
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Daniel Forestier (spook) | |
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Born | c.1952 |
Died | March 2019 (Age 66) Ballaison, France |
Cause of death | gunshot |
Victim of | assassination |
A DGSE agent who was assassinated in 2019 |
Daniel Forestier was a DGSE agent who was assassinated, aged 57, in March 2019.
Career
He worked for 14 years in the DGSE.[1]
Assassination
Forestier was found "found riddled with bullets in a layby in the Alps.".[2] He was shot dead after being implicated in the attempted assassination of Ferdinand Mbaou, an exiled Congolese opposition figure.[3][4]
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References
- ↑ https://www.foxnews.com/world/ex-intelligence-agent-shot-dead-in-alps-months-after-being-accused-of-playing-role-in-congo-assassination-plot
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/27/french-ex-spy-suspected-of-congo-brazzaville-plot-shot-dead-in-alps
- ↑ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/daniel-forestier-ex-french-spy-linked-to-congo-brazzaville-assassination-plot-is-murdered-w0prtqmcf
- ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-spy-dead-alps-assassination-congo-opposition-daniel-forestier-a8843566.html