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| Radio chief in Somalia shot dead | Radio chief in Somalia shot dead |
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| The director of Somalia's independent HornAfrik radio station, Said Tahlil Ahmed, has been killed in the capital. | |
| An eyewitness told the BBC a group of journalists were attacked on their way to a press conference called by the hardline Islamist militia al-Shabab. | |
| Gunmen escaped from the scene and no-one has claimed responsibility. | |
| Al-Shabab does not support the new president - Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, a moderate Islamist - recently elected by MPs as part of a peace process. | |
| Since the announcement of the murder, all radio stations in the capital are playing Koranic verses. | |
| Analysts say this may be out of respect for Mr Ahmed or possibly because they are frightened of further attacks. | |
| Somalia has not had a functioning central government since 1991 and tens of thousands of people have been killed in successive waves of violence. | Somalia has not had a functioning central government since 1991 and tens of thousands of people have been killed in successive waves of violence. |
| HornAfrik's owner, Ali Iman Sharmake, and a station presenter, Mahad Ahmed Elmi, were murdered in 2007. |