International News Safety Institute

28 January 2008

Hassan Kafi Hared

Incident

Hassan Kafi Hared

Cause of death

Explosion

Details

Hassan Kafi Hared died after a remote-controlled mine exploded on a road in Siyad, a village in Kismayu in Southern Somalia, destroying a vehicle carrying two aid-workers from Medecins Sans Frontieres-Holland and their driver.

Hared was passing at the time of the blast and was killed along with the vehicle's occupants. Hared, who was working with the Somali National News Agency and the website Gedonet.com, was on his way to a press conference in Kismayu.

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