TV journalist killed by gunmen in Somalia

Unknown gunmen killed a TV and radio journalist on Sunday night in the town of Afgoye in in the southeastern Lower Shebelle region of Somalia, police said.

According to the police, the journalist, 25-year-old, Abdiwali Ali Hassan aka Abdiwali, has been shot several bullets on the head and the chest, as he was on his way home.

He died on his way to hospital, Afgooye’s police added.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the killing in the district which took place outside the capital Mogadishu.

According to Anadolu New Agency, the journalist was killed by two gunmen while he was in a café in the city.

The slain journalist worked for the local Universal channel and Radio Kulmiye.

The Somali Journalists Syndicate condemned the crime and called on the authorities to conduct a quick investigation to bring the killers to justice.

E.M