Mohame­d Ibrahi­m Gabow was killed by a car bomb while no one has claime­d respon­sibili­ty for the attack­MOGADISHU: A Somali television journalist was killed by a car bomb in front of his children, relatives said, the fifth murder of a journalist in the war-torn country this year. Mohamed Ibrahim Gabow, a journalist working for Kalsan TV, had taken a break from work to spend time with his children. New Yorker journalist sacked over ‘improper sexual conduct’“The explosive device was attached beneath the driver’s seat of the car,” said police officer Ibrahim Mohamed. Somalia is one of the most dangerous countries for journalists: 45 Somali reporters were killed between 2007 and 2015, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Mohamed Ibrahim, head of the National Union of Somali Journalists, called it a “senseless murder”.

Source: The Express Tribune December 12, 2017 08:48 UTC