Indonesian troops kill the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists, in Portuguese Timor.

Balibo Five

Group of foreign journalists killed by Indonesian forces in Portuguese Timor (1975)

The Balibo Five was a group of journalists for Australian commercial television networks who were murdered in the period leading up to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. The Balibo Five were based in the town of Balibo in East Timor, where they were killed on 16 October 1975…