Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Gunmen Shoot Dead A Journalist In Puntland Somalia

(Reuters) - Gunmen shoot dead a journalist in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, the third killed in Somalia this year, a colleague and the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) said.
Radio journalist Abdirisak Ali Abdi, nicknamed Silver, was killed in the Puntland town of Galkacyo late on Tuesday, said Faduma Yusuf, who worked with him at Radio Daljir. "Gunmen hit him with several bullets," she told Reuters.

Abdi, who was 25 and married with two sons, also worked for a London-based television station, NUSOJ said. Read More...

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