Somalia - TV comedian and producer gunned down after criticizing Al-Shabaab

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Abdi Jeylani Malaq, a TV actor, comedian and producer also known as Marshale, was fatally shot in cold blood by unidentified gunmen as he was about to enter his home in the Mogadishu district of Waberi at around 7 p.m. yesterday. He was taken with gunshot injuries to the head and chest to the capital's Madina hospital, where he died. The method of operation used in the killing and the threats he had previously received suggest that it was the work of the Islamist militia Al-Shabaab. “This (...)

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