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| Gunmen kill Somali radio director | Gunmen kill Somali radio director |
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| Gunmen in Somalia have killed the director of influential Radio Shabelle. | |
| Moqtar Mohamed Hirabe was shot several times in the chest and head, one of his colleagues - who was injured in the attack in Mogadishu - said. | |
| The colleague, Ahmed Omar Hashi, remains stable in hospital. Somalia is one of the most dangerous countries for journalists. | |
| The attack comes amid uncertainty over the fate of influential Islamist leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys. | |
| A pro-government militia claimed on Saturday that Mr Aweys had been killed in fighting. | |
| A spokesman for his militia said he was still alive. But the fact that there has been no word from Mr Aweys himself has fuelled rumours that he was killed by pro-government fighters, says the BBC's Will Ross. | |
| The opposition leader returned to Somalia in April after a two-year exile. | |
| Somalia has not had a functioning national government for 18 years. | |
| Journalists working for Radio Shabelle have often come under attack since the independent station began broadcasting in 2003. | Journalists working for Radio Shabelle have often come under attack since the independent station began broadcasting in 2003. |
| Hirabe, 48, is said to be its third journalist to be killed this year. | Hirabe, 48, is said to be its third journalist to be killed this year. |
| Some reports suggest he may have been killed by members of Mr Aweys' militia, angered at the report that their leader had been killed. |