Gunmen in Somalia kill radio journalist

Killings of journalists in Somalia are not uncommon and are mostly blamed on Al Shabaab, the Islamist militant group fighting to topple the country's Western backed government and rule the country according to sharia law PHOTO: COURTESY

Gunmen killed a Somali radio journalist in the capital Mogadishu, an official told Reuters.

Killings of journalists in Somalia are not uncommon and are mostly blamed on Al Shabaab, the Islamist militant group fighting to topple the country's Western backed government and rule the country according to sharia law.