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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