ABC:Gunmen kill local BBC journalist in Somalia
Suspected Islamist insurgents have shot dead a local journalist working for the BBC in southern Somalia, witnesses said.
A witness said gunmen confronted Nasteh Dahir outside his home in the port of Kismayu before shooting him in the chest and stomach.
He died soon afterwards in hospital.
The BBC in neighbouring Kenya confirmed his identity.
Sobbing over the corpse, Mr Dahir’s wife Idil Abdi Ahmed said she had no idea who would want her husband dead.
“He had no problem or argument with anyone in town. We don’t know why he was killed, he was innocent,” she said.
A BBC spokesman in London confirmed the incident and said Mr Dahir had worked as a freelance for the BBC and other agencies.
“We are shocked by what has happened and are trying to ascertain further information,” the spokesman said.
“We are speaking to his family and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time.”
- Reuters
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