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Nasteh Dahir Farah (born 1972 or 1973, died June 7, 2008) was a Somali reporter, and vice-president of the National Union of Somali Journalists.[1] He was murdered in Kismayo, Somalia, on June 7, 2008.[2]
Dahir, described as a "leading Somali journalist",[3] was a local correspondent in Somalia for the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Associated Press news agency. He received death threats before being murdered. He was shot by gunmen and died in a hospital in Kismayo.[1] Reporters Without Borders stated that the killers had not been identified,[4] but the BBC and Al Jazeera reported that the killing had been attributed to Islamist insurgents.[5][6]
See also
- Abdul Samad Rohani, a BBC journalist murdered on the same day or the following day in Afghanistan
References
- ^ a b "Somalie: le correspondent de la BBC à Kismayo tué par balles", AFP, June 7, 2008
- ^ "Un reporter de la BBC tué par des hommes armés au Sud de la Somalie", Agence de Presse Africaine, June 8, 2008
- ^ "Leading Somali journalist slain", CNN, June 7, 2008
- ^ "Reporters sans frontières bouleversée par l’assassinat du vice-président de son organisation partenaire en Somalie", Reporters Without Borders, June 7, 2008
- ^ "Somali BBC contributor shot dead", BBC, June 7, 2008
- ^ "Somali journalist shot dead", Al Jazeera, June 7, 2008
Categories:- 1970s births
- 2008 deaths
- Murder in 2008
- Deaths by firearm in Somalia
- Journalists killed in Somalia
- Journalists killed while covering military conflicts
- Murdered journalists
- Somalian journalists
- Somalian murder victims
- People murdered in Somalia
- Associated Press reporters
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