Somali journalist stabbed to death in Galkacyo

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MOGADISHU – Somali radio journalist stabbed to death in the central town of Galkayo last night, per journalists union said.

Journalist Abdirisak Sa’id Osman, reporter for privately owned Radio Voice of Peace in Galkayo, was slashed in the back and heart on Tuesday night as he was walking from the premises of the radio station, his colleuges said.

Osman, seen bypasser while unconsciously laying on the ground, was rushed to Mudug Regional Hospital (MRH) where he was operated but pronounced dead, according to National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ).

The Union strongly condemned the horrific murder of a local radio journalist following brutal knife attack in the town.

Osman, 30, was buried on Wednesday in Galkayo.

He is the second journalist to be murdered in Somalia in this year, NUSOJ said.

The motive for the attack remains unclear.

No group says it carried out the murder.

But, some Galkayo journalist believe the attack on the journalist, is retaliation for recent revelation of insecurity situation of the Galkayo which was created by Al-Shabaab elements.