04 July 2009
Mohamud Mohamed Yusuf
Shooting
Journalist Mohamud Mohamed Yusuf, nicknamed Ninile, of Radio Holy Quran (IQK) was shot in the stomach two times around 08:00am (local time) at Afarta Jardin conjunction in north Mogadishu, according to Mohamed Abdi Gedi, Editor-in-chief of IQK.
Mohamud Mohamed Yusuf, 22, died for blood loss after he was at the side of the road almost 3 hours without medical assistance, as fighters were firing shots whoever that wanted to take the journalist the hospital. He left from the Radio station after reading the news headlines at 07:30am, according to Mohamed Abdi. The late journalist was reporter, newscaster and sometimes producer for IQK Radio. When the bullets hit him, the journalist was assigned to cover the ongoing fighting in the neighbourhoods of the FM station.
