Abdirisak Mohamed Warsame

Year: 2009

Nationality: Somalia

Killed by:

Location: Mogadishu, Somalia

Press organization: Radio Shabelle

What's Abdirisak Mohamed Warsame's story?

Warsame, 24, was shot in crossfire between Transitional Federal Governmentforces and hard-line Islamic insurgents in the capital as he was walking to RadioShabelle for his morning broadcast, local journalists told CPJ. According to local journalists, the fighting was so intense that no one could attendto Warsame for more than half an hour. The reporter, described as a“workaholic” by colleagues, was survived by his wife of six months.

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