1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgBill Sweeneyhttps://cpj.org/author/bsweeney/Witnesses say government soldier killed Somali reporter - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Z4N71NZqSP"><a href="https://cpj.org/2009/01/witnesses-say-government-soldier-killed-somali-rep/">Witnesses say government soldier killed Somali reporter</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2009/01/witnesses-say-government-soldier-killed-somali-rep/embed/#?secret=Z4N71NZqSP" width="600" height="338" title="“Witnesses say government soldier killed Somali reporter” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="Z4N71NZqSP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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New York, January 2, 2009--A government soldier killed Radio Shabelle reporter Hassan Mayow Hassan, shooting the veteran journalist twice in the head after stopping him in the Somali town of Afgoye on Thursday morning, three local journalists told the Committee to Protect Journalists today. The journalists said they had interviewed witnesses to the killing. https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260