Radio Shabelle
June 8, 2009, in Mogadishu, Somalia
Hirabe, 48, was shot repeatedly in the head by unknown gunmen as he and a colleague, Ahmed Omar Hashi, were walking to work Sunday morning, local journalists told CPJ. Hashi, 41, was shot in the stomach and hand but managed to escape.
A veteran Radio Shabelle reporter, Hirabe took up the role as station director after the former director, Said Tahlil, was shot dead in February.
A popular journalist, Hirabe had led a charity drive to help displaced Somali children in 2006. He is survived by two wives and five children.
Medium: Radio
Job: Editor
Beats Covered: Politics
Gender: Male
Local or Foreign: Local
Freelance: No
Type of Death: Murder
Suspected Source of Fire: Political Group
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
