Hassan Mayow Hassan
Year: 2009
Nationality: Somalia
Killed by: Military Officials
Location: Afgoye, Somalia
Press organization: Radio Shabelle
What's Hassan Mayow Hassan's story?
Hassan, 36, a Radio Shabelle correspondent since 2006 in the town ofAfgoye, 19 miles (30 kilometers) south of the capital, Mogadishu, wasshot dead by a government soldier when he entered the town at around 10a.m., local journalists told CPJ. Hassan was stopped by governmenttroops who accused him of collaborating with Islamic insurgent groupsbefore one of the soldiers shot him twice in the head, the journalistssaid eyewitnesses told them.
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