BBC Kismayo killed by Hutus

[CoolPoisonss]

(Adds that Dahir also worked for the Associated Press)

By Sahra Ahmed

KISMAYU, Somalia, June 7 (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist insurgents shot dead a local journalist working for the BBC in southern Somalia on Saturday, witnesses said.

A Reuters witness said gunmen confronted Nasteh Dahir outside his home in the port of Kismayu before shooting him in the chest and stomach. He died soon afterwards in hospital.

The BBC in neighbouring Kenya confirmed his identity.

Sobbing over the corpse, Dahir's wife Idil Abdi Ahmed said she had no idea who would want her husband dead.

"He had no problem or argument with anyone in town. We don't know why he was killed, he was innocent," she told Reuters.

A BBC spokesman in London confirmed the incident and said Dahir had worked as a freelance for the BBC and other agencies. Colleagues said he also worked for Associated Press.

"We are shocked by what has happened and are trying to ascertain further information," the BBC spokesman said.

"We are speaking to his family and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time."

Mired in conflict since the 1991 fall of a dictator, Somalia is one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists.

Local reporters have frequently been attacked by Islamist rebels who are waging an Iraq-style insurgency against the fragile interim government and its Ethiopian military allies.

In January, a roadside bomb near Kismayu killed another Somali journalist, along with a Kenyan doctor and a French logistics officer working for the charity MSF-Holland.

There was more bloodshed on Saturday in the capital Mogadishu, 500 km (300 miles) north of Kismayu, where residents said eight people died. That brought the death toll from two days of violence there to at least 16.

Kismayu -- which is controlled by the local clan and not Somalia's government -- has been quiet compared with Mogadishu, but Islamists have threatened to attack it as part of their aim of establishing Islamic rule in the Horn of Africa country.

Their insurgency has triggered a humanitarian crisis that aid workers say may be the worst in Africa.

At least a million people have been uprooted by the clashes since early last year, and their plight has been worsened by record food prices, hyperinflation and drought. (Additional reporting by Abdi Sheikh in Mogadishu, Daniel Wallis in Nairobi and Jeremy Lovell in London; writing by Daniel Wallis; Editing by Stephen Weeks) (For full Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit:

http://www.reuters.com/article/mediaNew ... 07?sp=true

[CoolPoisonss]

AUN Nasteh Dahir. he was my abti

[Voltage]

Nasteh Dahir outside his home in the port of Kismayu before shooting him in the chest and stomach. He died soon afterwards in hospital.

Inaa lilaahi waa inaa ilaahi raajicuun, Nasteex Daahir Faarax shot dead?

inaa lilaah waa inaa ilaahi raajicuun the place is fockin madness wallahi somebody nuke the schit out of it.

Ilaahay hau naxariisto Nasteex Daahir Faarax, a good and honest reporter of the greatest calibre, ilaahay hau naxariisto

And don't say "Hutu", mooryaanta xunoo is dabo cayrsanaysaa could well possibly have killed him. Gacan ka xaq daran baa dishay ilaahayne waw aari

[Cisse Westlake]

kismayoo seems to be a lawless place run by warlords

[Alchemist]

coolpoison is obsessed with Hutus..

Anyways AUN..

[Voltage]

One of the best and most honest reporters there is. He started out as the chief reporter for Gedonet then now had jobs with Associated Press and the BBC.

Sheikh Sharif and Nuur Cadde sent their tacsi

Ilaa iyo iminka ma cadda sababaha rasmiyan ka dambeeya dilkaasi foosha xun ee lagu qaarajiyay Mr Nasteex Daahir.

Ra'isal wasaaraha xukuumada ku meel gaarkaa ee Somalia Nuur Xasan Xuseen "Nuur Cadde" ayaa walaac ka muujiyay falkii toogashada ahaa ee Nasteex ku nafwaayay, waxa uuna sidoo kale tacsi tiiraanyo leh u diray suxufiyiinta Soomaaliyeed gaar ahaan shaqaalaha idaacada BBCda.

Sidoo kale gudoomiyaha golaha dhexe ee isbaheysiga dib u xoreynta Somalia, Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed ayaa ka digay dilalka faxshiga ah ee lala eeganayo shaqsiyaadka waxtarka ah ee howlaha muhiimkaa u haya bulshada Soomaaliyeed waxa uuna ku goodiyay in mar ay noqotaba cadaalada la horkeeni doono dambiilayaashaasi gacan ku dhiiglaha ah ee geystay tacadiyaal ka dhan ah xaquuqul aadamiga loona xisaabin doono dhamaanba falalkii ay geysteen.

http://www.hornafrik.com/Newspage/Kismaayo-1.htm

[Young Wadani *]

Allaha U Naxaristo Nasteex Dahir

Amiin

[Alchemist]

It seems the people doing the killings in Kismayo have an agenda. All the killings are targeting important people.. People are trying real hard to create chaos there..

[Naaima]

AUN Nasteh Dahir. he was my abti

oh please shutup, beenaale yahow

[Naaima]

may he rest in peace ya rabi

[guhad122]

He should have been fighting in Muqdisho in liberating the country. Listen his latest report and how all his reportings are biased...He was one of those Ilka-Yars trying to convince other Somalis that Ilka-Yars live in J/hoose.

Walaahay baan ku dhaartee, Ilka-Yars will be liberated from Kismaayo. Just two weeks ago, the Ilka-Yar militia in Kismaayo wanted to attack the courts who brought peace and stability to Jilib, Afmadow, Dhoobleey, Kabsuuma and all other areas in J/hoose....

Alchemist;
Don't fall for the Ilka-yar hooplas brother because they are worse than the Amxaaro. Instead of taking an active role in liberating the country, all thier resources and energies have been directed to making Kismaayo their city...But rememer that the real and rightous owners are sarounding the city and will take over once the country is liberated....

[Voltage]

Oh s.hut up for good nessake, the worst thing is afka noole. Since 1991 you have been trying "free" Kismaayo, war shaqo yeelo you are your own worst enemy wallahi

I would HATE, absaloutely HATE to be you wallahi. Are the example of what it means to sleep with ciil and wake up with ciil?

[fagash_killer]

somalia has lost another son.see you their bro

[hanad_mn]

Hi folks,

Please help this little kids even with $ 20 so they can get the surgery they need. Insha allaah you won't miss that amount you helped them with. However poor you are, remember you have what they don't have and that is you are in a good health. Imagine yourself being their mother. No money for surgery and the kids can't sleep of pain. please send your Donation to their Mother

Ruqiya Xasan Cali Tel: 0025215337277 Muqdisho, somalia.

http://www.waagacusub.com/gabdhoburooyin.htm

[Advo]

RIP, ilaahey ha una xariisto.


Guhuud, why dont u go back and "liberate" muqdisho instead of eating cookies and posting on somalinet, or better yet why dont u go to kismaayo and liberate from the ilkayars, u have been saying that for more than a year now and you still sound like a joke.