Awil Dahir Salad
Year: 2018
Nationality: Somalia
Killed by: Political Group
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia
Press organization: Universal TV
What's Awil Dahir Salad's story?
Awil Dahir Salad, a veteran broadcast journalist, was one of at least 26 people who died on December 22, 2018, in twin bomb attacks in Mogadishu, according to media reports. Awil, the host of a popular political debate show on the privately owned Universal TV, died alongside three of his colleagues—a driver and two bodyguards—according to media reports and a statement from the government-recognized National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ).
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