Monday, December 17, 2007
Eight journalists have been killed in
Here is a chronology of journalists who have been attacked in
2006:
June 23 - Gunman shoots dead Swedish television cameraman Martin Adler covering a pro-Islamist demonstration in
Aug 4 - Vehicle carrying members of the National Union of Somali Journalists is ambushed between Baidoa and
2007:
Feb 16 - Ali Mohammed Omar, a presenter on Radio Warsan in Baidoa, is shot dead by three assailants as he walked home.
May 5 - Mohammed Abdullahi Khalif, a contributor to private radio station Voice of Peace, is killed in Puntland.
May 15 - Abshir Ali Gabra, a journalist with the independent radio station Radio Jowhar, and Ahmed Hassen, a correspondent with the independent broadcaster, Somalia Broadcasting Corporation are killed in the central Shabelle region.
Aug 11 - Gunmen shoot dead Somali HornAfrik radio journalist and talk show host Mahad Ahmed Elmi outside his station in
Aug 11 - HornAfrik media co-founder Ali Iman Sharmarke is killed by a landmine while traveling in
Aug 24 - Abdulkadir Mahad Moallim Kaskey of local Radio Banadir is killed after attackers open fire on a minibus in southwestern Gedo province. Another passenger is hurt.
Oct 19 - Acting chairman of Radio Shabelle, Bashir Nur Gedi, is shot dead by unknown men in his house in
Dec 16 - Gunmen seize French journalist Gwen Le Gouil of TV company Cargocult Production.