30 September 2022 | IFJ
Journalist killed in landmine blast
Crossfire
Ahmed Mohamed Shukur, a reporter for the Somali National Television (SNTV), was killed in a landmine blast in the Basro neighbourhood of Bal’ad district on September 30 while covering the counter-terrorism operations by the Somali security forces.
According to preliminary reports quoted by NUSOJ’s statement, Shukur was on assignment to cover the counter-terrorism operations by the Somali security forces, aimed at dislodging elements of the Al-Shabaab militias from the area. Banadir Region Police Commander, General Farhan Mohamoud Adan, was also killed in the same incident.
He became the first journalist to be killed in Somalia this year.
NUSOJ Secretary General Oman Faruk Osman said: “We are saddened and mourn the needless death of yet another young and brave journalist in the line of duty. [...] We condemn this cruel attack that claimed the life of a promising journalist who sacrificed his personal safety to bring details of this operation to the people of Somalia and the world in general."
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