Veteran Journalist Murdered in Mogadishu
May 4, 2010
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Veteran journalist shot dead in Mogadishu
Armed gunmen murdered a well-known, veteran Somali journalist in Mogadishu Tuesday.
Sheikh Nor Abkey was a 60-year-old veteran journalist working for the state-run Radio Mogadishu. Three gunmen approached the journalist and shot him several times in the head in the Wardhigley area in Mogadishu.
"He was killed by Al-Shabaab, he died on the spot where they shot him," said Bashir Khalif, a journalist for Radio Mogadishu.
"Somalia will miss a well-respected journalist who was always ready to die for his country," he said.
Abkey was a senior dramatist who worked with local televisions and radios. He started working as a journalist on 1988 at Somalia's Sona news agency. Abkey is survived by his wife and seven children.
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