Nasteh Dahir

Nasteh Dahir Farah (born 1972 or 1973, died June 7, 2008) was a Somali reporter, and vice-president of the National Union of Somali Journalists.^[1] He was murdered in Kismayo, Somalia, on June 7, 2008.^[2]

Dahir, described as a "leading Somali journalist",^[3] was a local correspondent in Somalia for the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Associated Press news agency. He received death threats before being murdered. He was shot by gunmen and died in a hospital in Kismayo.^[1] Reporters Without Borders stated that the killers had not been identified,^[4] but the BBC and Al Jazeera reported that the killing had been attributed to Islamist insurgents.^[5][6]

See also

• Abdul Samad Rohani, a BBC journalist murdered on the same day or the following day in Afghanistan

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Somalie: le correspondent de la BBC à Kismayo tué par balles", AFP, June 7, 2008
2. ↑ "Un reporter de la BBC tué par des hommes armés au Sud de la Somalie", Agence de Presse Africaine, June 8, 2008
3. ↑ "Leading Somali journalist slain", CNN, June 7, 2008
4. ↑ "Reporters sans frontières bouleversée par l’assassinat du vice-président de son organisation partenaire en Somalie", Reporters Without Borders, June 7, 2008
5. ↑ "Somali BBC contributor shot dead", BBC, June 7, 2008
6. ↑ "Somali journalist shot dead", Al Jazeera, June 7, 2008