18 March 2013
One journalist killed, another wounded in Mogadishu car bomb
Explosion
One radio journalist was killed and another wounded in car bomb attack in Mogadishu today.
A suicide bomber blew up his car near Villa Somalia, the Presidential Palace, at around 12:05pm local time and killed journalist Mohamed Ali Nuhurkey, a producer at private radio station Mustaqbal Radio. The journalist was severely wounded in the attack and died at Madina hospital in this afternoon. Another journalist, Abdirashid Nur Ibrahim, who was also working for Mustaqbal Radio was injured in the attack and later admitted to hospital.
His wounds are not believed to be life-threatening. INSI understands that both journalists were on assignment at the time. At least eight people were killed and twenty injured in the blast according to the National Union of Somali Journalists, who condemned the attack. We condemn this murderous attack that claimed the life of civilian people. It is very sad that journalists are among the victims of this cowardly attack which was execeuted to cause maximum harm to the civilian people, said Omar Faruk Osman, NUSOJ Secretary General. Mohamed Ali Nuhurkey, 29, is the second journalist killed in this year in Somalia following the murder of Abdihared Osman Adan on 18 January 2013 in Mogadishu.
Source: National Union of Somali Journalists
