Somalia - Mogadishu-based journalist killed, ninth this year in Somalia

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is dismayed by freelance cameraman Zakariye Mohamed Mohamud Moallim's murder last night in Mogadishu. Aged 24, he was shot in the head and chest by unidentified gunmen in the district of Nasib Bundo and died on the spot, becoming the ninth journalist to be murdered this year in Somalia. For the time being, it is impossible to say whether Moallim was killed in connection with his work. His father, Mohamed Mohamud, is also a journalist and works for Radio Mogadishu. (...)

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