Two men armed with pistols shot and killed Somali radio journalist Abdiasis Mohamed Ali, widely known as Haji, in Mogadishu on Tuesday 27 September 2016.
The journalist, a reporter with Radio Shabelle, in the Somali capital, was hit five times in the chest and neck. The attack happened in Jiiro-garoob neighbourhood of Yaqshid district in northern Mogadishu, shortly after 6pm, local time, as he left the radio to visit his uncle. He was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
Abdiasis Mohamed Ali, 33, who had been working for Radio Shabelle for more than seven years had been arrested several times by the police and the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) for his media work.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) learned with indignation and horror the news of this assassination, which adds the name of Abdiasis Mohamed Ali to a long list of Somali journalists who paid with their life for their commitment to their profession and informing the people of Somalia. The IFJ paid tribute to his memory and offered all his relatives and colleagues its condolences and its total solidarity.