Abdallah Nurdin Ahmad, a reporter with radio and TV HornAfrik in Mogadishu, was last night injured by a gunman who fired three bullets at him while he was sitting in front of his business premises near Ali Kamin Junction in Mogadishu. The reporter was taken to Madina Hospital where he is currently under going treatment. [Passage omitted]

Reporter Abdalla Nurdin Ahmad is the third operations manager working with HornAfrik media who has been needlessly injured by armed groups in the past five years since HornAfrik media started work.

Two operation managers working with HornAfrik were killed in Sanaa, and around Number Afar estates, while on duty. The reason why the gunman, who was armed with a pistol, opened fire on the HornAfrik reporter is not yet known.

But it is assumed that he was attacked because of his opinion, views and his work as a journalist. [Passage omitted]

Source: Radio HornAfrik, Mogadishu, in Somali 0500 gmt 25 May 05

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