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    Tuesday, October 30, 2012

    Somali Comedian Shot Dead

    Abdi Jeylani Malaq Marshale

    A popular Somali comedian and playwright who mocked Islamist militants for brainwashing children and killing civilians has been shot dead. The 43-year-old TV and radio comedian Abdi Jeylani Malaq, was killed Tuesday by two young men near his Mogadishu home.
    Warsame Shire Awale, a famous composer who had worked with Somalia's national army band before joining Radio Kulmiye as a drama producer and comedian, was attacked by two gunmen late on Monday.
    "Gunmen killed him... we are investigating the matter and the killers will be brought to justice," police chief Ahmed Hassan Malin told reporters.
    "Two men armed with pistols shot and wounded him near his house in Waberi district, he died shortly after in hospital," said Abdi Mohamed Haji, a colleague at Radio Kulmiye.
    The killing, the latest in a string of attacks on media workers in Somalia, follows the murder of fellow comic Abdi Jeylani Malaq Marshale in August, who also worked at Kulmiye.
    Press rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called 2012 the "deadliest year" on record for Somalia, surpassing 2009 when nine died.
    At least 17 reporters have been killed this year in the war-ravaged country.
    Several killings are blamed on al-Qaeda linked Shabaab insurgents, but other murders are also believed to be linked to struggles within the multiple factions in power.
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