Hundreds of mourners, including journalists and civil society today attended the funeral of Shabelle Media Network director Hassan Osman Abdi in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Mr Abdi was shot and killed by two armed men on Saturday afternoon. He was 30 years old, a father of two daughters and a son.
No group has so far claimed the responsibility of the killing, but Somalia is the most dangerous country in the world for journalists and media personnel reporting about the war and corruption.
Shabelle Media Network, a leading and 2010 international press freedom award-winning independent Somali media interrupted all its programmes last night to broadcast verses from the Holy Qur’an.
Hassan Abdi Osman was the third managing Shabelle Media Network director to be killed. In 2007, Bashir or Gedi was killed in Mogadishu, and Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe was assassinated in 2009.
(Source: shabelle.net)
