Mahad Ahmed Elmi

Mogadishu, 11 August.2007 - Unknown gunmen killed one of the managers of the independent radio station, Horn Afrik, based in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, on Saturday.

Mahad Ahmed Elmi was shot dead by two men armed with pistols. He was the director of Capital Voice, Horn Afrik's second FM station.

The general director of the station, Ali Iman Sharmarke, told Shabelle that Mr. Elmi was gunned down around 7: 40 a.m. local when he was on his way to his work.

Members of his family rushed him to the hospital after the shooting. They said he died in Medina hospital after sever internal bleeding.

Horn Afrik went off air after the news of the death arrived.

Saed Tahlil, one of the administrators of the station, said the radio station was shut down momentarily. He told Shabelle that all Horn Afrik employees were attending the funeral.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the killing.

Meanwhile four government officials from El-Baraf in Middle Shabelle province, south-central Somalia have been shot dead while in Mogadishu last night. Witnesses said unknown gunmen killed the victims at a home they were staying.

More than 13 government officials have been assassinated in the last four months.

Source: Sh.M.Network

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