{"id":16507,"date":"2011-12-19T06:05:37","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T06:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/somalia-journalist-killed-in-mogadishu\/"},"modified":"2011-12-19T06:05:37","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T06:05:37","slug":"somalia-journalist-killed-in-mogadishu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/19\/somalia-journalist-killed-in-mogadishu\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia: Journalist Killed in Mogadishu"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rnw.nl\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/rnw180.png\" alt=\"Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" title=\"Visit Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>18 December 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>A man in Somali military uniform shot dead a local TV journalist in the streets of the capital Mogadishu Sunday, a security official said, adding that they were investigating the killing.<\/p>\n<p>The attacker shot Abdisalan Sheikh Hassan, who worked for local station Horn Cable TV, several times in the shoulder and stomach in the city&#8217;s southern Hamar-Jajab district, according to witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The initial reports we have received so far indicate that the journalist was shot dead by a man armed with an AK47. We understand that the man was in Somali military uniform but we are still investigating,&#8221; security official Mohamed Bakar told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are not sure about the identity of the assailant,&#8221; Bakar added.<\/p>\n<p>Witness Abdikarin Osman said the armed man ordered Hassan to stop and then shot him repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw a man in military uniform stop the journalist in front of a shop and he opened fire on him, leaving him seriously injured, he was rushed to the hospital,&#8221; Osman said.<\/p>\n<p>War-torn Somalia is one of the world&#8217;s most dangerous countries, and the deadliest in Africa for journalists.<\/p>\n<p>According to Paris-based press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders, Abdisalan Sheikh Hassan&#8217;s death brings to at least 24 the number of media personnel who have been killed in Somalia since 2007.<\/p>\n<p><em>ANP\/AFP<\/em><\/p>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 18 December 2011 A man in Somali military uniform shot dead a local TV journalist in the streets of the capital Mogadishu Sunday, a security official said, adding that they were investigating the killing. 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