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Somali journalist killed by car bomb in front of his children

Residents walk at the scene of a blast on October 29, 2017, a day after two car bombs exploded in Mogadishu, Somalia. A Somali television journalist was killed in front of his children on December 11, 2017 by a bomb planted under the driver's seat of his car. PHOTO | MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB | AFP

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • Somalia is one of the most dangerous countries for journalists: 45 Somali reporters were killed between 2007 and 2015, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

MOGADISHU

A Somali television journalist was killed by a car bomb in front of his children, relatives said, the fifth murder of a journalist in the war-torn country this year.

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