Ahmed Kafi Awale
Year: 2000
Nationality: Somalia
Killed by: Criminal Group
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia
Press organization: Radio of the Somali People
What's Ahmed Kafi Awale's story?
Awale, a reporter for the private station Radio of the Somali People, owned by the South Mogadishu warlord Hussein Mohamed Aidid, was killed by a stray bullet while on assignment at Bakara market in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Three other people were killed during the incident, and seven others were badly injured when thieves escaping from market guards shot at random to clear their way.
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