Prominent Somali Journalist Killed By Suicide Bomber
Al-Shabab suicide bomber kills prominent journalist in Mogadishu Abdiaziz Mohamud, known for making programmes critical of the armed group, targeted while leaving restaurant in Somali capital. Published On 20 Nov 2021 A prominent Somali journalist who was a critic of the al-Shabab armed group was killed by a suicide bomber as he was leaving a restaurant in the capital, Mogadishu, relatives and officials said. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the blast, which killed Radio Mogadishu director Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled, commonly known as Abdiaziz Afrika. The attack wounded several other people, including the director of Somali National Television and a driver. KEEP READING Somalia gives African Union envoy seven days to leave country AU troops sentenced to death for civilian killings in Somalia UN sounds alarm on Somalia’s ‘rapidly worsening’ drought “My cousin Abdiaziz was killed by a suicide bomber immediately after he went out to a restaurant … He died as he was rushed to hospital...