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:

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[CoolPoisonss]

AUN, he was Ugas Shermake.

[Naaima]

Salam alaikum

war shatup wasqaan ayahow, no one knows bastariinta dishay wiilka

AUN, he was Ugas Shermake.

sheekadas yaa kugu soo wacdiyey?





ilahay ha unaxariisto, janadii fardawsa allaha ka warbiye, may he rest in peace

[CoolPoisonsss]

sheekadas yaa kugu soo wacdiyey?

?^?

[Naaima]

get your facts straight

[CoolPoisonsss]

get your facts straight

^^He's not Igal Siyad. He's Bah Tanade Ugas Shermake.

[Naaima]

get your facts straight

^^He's not Igal Siyad. He's Bah Tanade Ugas Shermake.

oh really? he's my (..) so shutup please

[QansaGabeyle]

Nasteex Daahir used to report for Gedonet sooma aha? WTF man maxaa laga dile masaakiinkaas. Wallahi these people that are supposed to be fighting the TFG and Ethiopians are focking useless piece of shits.

[Voltage]

Coolpoison another reason why no none accepted you because of accuracy but because of your effort in claiming MX judged by the number of posts you post about it daily.

Nasteex was reer Allamagan Dalal with reer Cigaal Siyaad reer abti

Ilaahay hau naxariisto gacan ka xaq daran baa dishay

[Murax]

How embarassing for us We control Somalias 2nd commercial capitol and We cannot provide even the most basic law and order?


AUN Maydka.

[QansaGabeyle]

Murax, marexaan somehow do not know how to rule shit even though Siyaad Barre, a mareexaan, ran a crazy country like Somalia for 21 years. Somehow we are always at war too either with each other or with others. Maybe we need to disarm some of our armed young men and send them to damn schools in kenya.

Anyway did I see you on Paltalk today? Mida Cali Xussien ah oo caay badan aa ku jiro meesha. I know it is not you because that dude speaks good somali. lol Saaxibow what I realized in Paltalk today is that marexaan qaar badan kartidooda maba aaminsana. Subxaanallah. Hadii they are quick to blame each other for the problems that exist instead of solving them together. Anyway marmar Paltalk gal and see what I am talking about.......wax iska qanaacaya ayaa ka bate meesha and unfortunately these fockers ugly dhaqan is a reflection of the general marexaan culture that exists today. You understand why Dekkada kismaayo can not stay open without some morons blocking it every few months.

[precious_dyme]

AUN Nasteex Daahir amiin. ......what a shocking news wallahi.

[xoogSADE14]

Allaha u naxariisto Nasteex.

[Nabeela]

Allaha u naxariisto Nasteex.

Amiin.

[Murax]

Murax, marexaan somehow do not know how to rule shit even though Siyaad Barre, a mareexaan, ran a crazy country like Somalia for 21 years. Somehow we are always at war too either with each other or with others. Maybe we need to disarm some of our armed young men and send them to damn schools in kenya.

Anyway did I see you on Paltalk today? Mida Cali Xussien ah oo caay badan aa ku jiro meesha. I know it is not you because that dude speaks good somali. lol Saaxibow what I realized in Paltalk today is that marexaan qaar badan kartidooda maba aaminsana. Subxaanallah. Hadii they are quick to blame each other for the problems that exist instead of solving them together. Anyway marmar Paltalk gal and see what I am talking about.......wax iska qanaacaya ayaa ka bate meesha and unfortunately these fockers ugly dhaqan is a reflection of the general marexaan culture that exists today. You understand why Dekkada kismaayo can not stay open without some morons blocking it every few months.

Naw Man that person wasn't Me, laakin really My time on Somalinet and then looking at Somalis in particular gave Me a good idea about Somalis in general and also particular groups especially Marexaan. I really believe that if I was given a position of leadership in Beesha inaan shaqo fiican qaban lahaa because I know the mentality of reerkeena. We're actually a very arrogant, severly combative/hardheaded clan and if given leadership I would karbash people silly without mercy, joking.


Really I look forward to working on stuff in Gedo as I think its going in the right direction. Also I think the people there are more macquul/reasonable/down to earth accepting of help.