Hamida Djandoubi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French murderer
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Place of Birth: Tunis, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia
About Hamida Djandoubi
- Hamida Djandoubi (Arabic: ????? ???????; (1949-09-22)22 September 1949 – 10 September 1977) was a Tunisian agricultural worker and convicted murderer.
- He moved to Marseille, France, in 1968 and six years later he kidnapped, tortured and murdered 22-year-old Élisabeth Bousquet, his former girlfriend.
- He was sentenced to death in February 1977 and executed by guillotine in September that year.
- He was the last person to be executed in Western Europe, and he was the last person to be executed by beheading anywhere in the Western world.
- Marcel Chevalier served as chief executioner.
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