Document #1146759
RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author)
Sagal Salad Osman, who worked for state-owned Radio
Mogadishu, was shot by gunmen in the capital’s Hodon district, near the
university. No group has claimed responsibility but her murder has the
hallmarks of yet another targeted killing by Al-Shabaab, an Islamist rebel
militia that has slain many journalists in the past.
“Sagal Salad Osman joins the long list of Somali journalists who have been killed in recent years,” RSF said. “The government must react to the extraordinary level of terrorism and violence that is consuming Somalia. We ask the authorities to conduct a swift and thorough investigation in order to shed light on this appalling murder and bring those responsible to justice.”
Somalia is ranked 167th out of 180 countries in RSF’s 2016 World Press Freedom Index.