01 January 2009
Hassan Mayow Hassan
Shooting
Radio Shabelle reporter Hassan Mayow Hassan was gunned down by a member of a pro-government militia in Afgooye, 30 km south of Mogadishu.
Hassan was with other journalists covering clashes between Islamist militants and armed groups that support the federal transitional government when, at about 10:50 a.m., he was accosted by a militiaman. After Hassan told him he was a journalist, the militiaman shot him twice in the head.
