06 June 2009
Muktar Mohamed Hirabe
Shooting
Muktar Mohamed Hirabe, director of Radio Shabelle, was killed by two men with pistols in Bakara Market, Mogadishio.
The attackers killed on the spot Muktar Mohamed Hirabe after shooting him at least five times in the head. Muktar Mohamed Hirabe, 48, is the fifth journalist assassinated in Somalia this year. He is also the third journalist murdered in this year from Radio Shabelle and in Mogadishu. Muktar Mohamed Hirabe had two wives and five children.
