International News Safety Institute

17 February 2020

Abdiwali Ali Hassan

Incident

TV journalist Abdiwali Ali Hassan killed by gunmen in Somalia

Cause of death

Shooting

Details

Abdiwali Ali Hassan, 25, was shot several times and died on his way to the hospital, Captain Abdikadir Osman, Afgooye’s police commander, told Reuters. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the killing in the district which is 25 km outside the capital Mogadishu. The Somali Journalists Syndicate condemned the murder and called for a quick investigation. “We call on the Somali Federal government and local authorities to ... bring the killers to justice,” said the syndicate’s secretary general, Abdalle Ahmed Mumin. See the original article here.

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