Media News - Monday, October 22, 2007

Somali media chief killed in Mogadishu

Gunmen shot dead one of Somalia's top media chiefs in the capital Mogadishu Friday, where journalists are increasingly targeted as the government battles insurgents, his colleagues said. Bashir Nur Gedi, the head of Shabelle Media Network, the second biggest in the Horn of Africa nation, was killed in his home in southern Mogadishu. ‘Men armed with pistols killed Bashir at his home. We do not know why he was killed and who the assailants are, but they shot him several times in the head,’ a Shabelle staff member told AFP, requesting anonymity. A second staff member, who also requested anonymity, confirmed the killing. Shabelle radio halted regular programmes and started broadcasting Koranic songs to show solidarity with their slain boss, they said. Rights groups have called for protection for journalists in Somalia, where eight - including Gedi - have been killed this year alone. More than a dozen have been arrested and five others have been ambushed and robbed. (AFP via Google News)

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