Press Release
A TV Journalist is Shot Dead in Mogadishu, Somalia
Mogadishu, December 11, 2017
The Somali Media Association (SOMA) condemns the murder of Mohamed Ibrahim Gabow who was working for the Somali TV Kalsan in Mogadishu today.
He was killed by bomb attached to his car which exploded while he was passing at the fish market near the main market at Wadajir district, Mogadishu. He has died of the injury sustained on arrival at the hospital.
The Somali Media Association (SOMA) condemns this terrible murder against our colleague journalist in the strongest terms possible and call the Somali authorities to investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice.
The Somali Media Association (SOMA) also sends its sympathies and condolences to the families and friends of late Mohamed Ibrahim Gabow. Mohamed Ibrahim Gabow was among the many journalists killed in Mogadishu in this year.
“On behalf of the Somali Journalists, I send my sympathies and condolences to the families and friends of Mohamed Ibrahim Gabow.” Mohamed Abduwahab, Acting Secretary General of the Somali Media Association (SOMA) said, “We condemn the assassination act in the strongest terms possible and call for the Somali authorities to immediately probe the murder against our colleague and other civilians and bring the perpetrators to a court of law.”