Nasteh Dahir

Nasteh Dahir Farah (1972 or 1973 – 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. "Somalie: le correspondent de la BBC à Kismayo tué par balles" Archived 2008-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, AFP, June 7, 2008
2. "Un reporter de la BBC tué par des hommes armés au Sud de la Somalie" Archived 2008-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, 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" Archived 2008-06-09 at the Wayback Machine, 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