GALKAYO, Somalia -- Unidentified assailants have gunned down a journalist working for UK-based channel Horn Cable TV and Daljir radio shortly after evening prayers according to witnesses, Garowe Online reports.Late Abdirisak Ali Abdi (Silver) was shot dead by two gunmen near Hero Darawish complex on his way home. The attackers used pistols for the assassination, and shot him in the head. The gunmen managed to flee before the arrival of police, security officials said.
The TV journalist who previously worked for Galkayo and Voice of Peace FM stations is survived by two sons and a wife.
The killing marks the third media worker to be gunned down in Mudug regional capital of Galkayo of central Somalia since the year 2011.