1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/In Somalia, two journalists killed in ambush of official’s motorcade - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="bDzjsnKQD3"><a href="https://cpj.org/2007/05/in-somalia-two-journalists-killed-in-ambush-of-off/">In Somalia, two journalists killed in ambush of official’s motorcade</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2007/05/in-somalia-two-journalists-killed-in-ambush-of-off/embed/#?secret=bDzjsnKQD3" width="600" height="338" title="“In Somalia, two journalists killed in ambush of official’s motorcade” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="bDzjsnKQD3" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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New York, May 17, 2007—Two radio reporters covering a provincial governor in south-central Somalia were gunned down on Wednesday after the official’s motorcade was ambushed by clan militia. News editor Abshir Ali Gabre and reporter Ahmed Hassan Mahad of Radio Jowhar were killed when the motorcade of Mohammed Omar Deele, governor of the Middle Shabelle…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260