Somalia: Gunmen attempt killing of Universal TV journalist

{Somali authorities must work quickly to identify the motive in today’s murder attempt on a broadcast reporter and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The journalist, Mohamed Mohamud, has been hospitalized with serious injuries.}

Unidentified gunmen in a car shot repeatedly at Mohamed’s car as he was driving to work at about 7 a.m. in the Wadajir district of the capital, Mogadishu, according to local journalists. He sustained six bullet wounds in his neck, chest, and shoulder, news reports said. He has undergone surgery at a local hospital, but is still unconscious, local journalists said.

Mohamed, 26, who is also known as “Tima’ade,” is a reporter at the private U.K.-based Universal TV. It is not clear if he had covered any sensitive stories before the attack.

Somalia’s Central Investigation Department arrested three suspects today in relation to the attack, according to local journalists.

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