Tokyo, 21 November, /AJMEDIA/
An al Shabaab suicide bomber in the Somali capital killed himself and a well-known Somali journalist on Saturday, al Shabaab and the journalist’s family told, AJMEDIA reports citing Reuters.
Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled, commonly known as Abdiaziz Afrika, worked with the government-owned Radio Mogadishu and covered al Shabaab extensively.
“My cousin Abdiaziz was killed by a suicide bomber immediately after he went out to a restaurant… he died as he was rushed to hospital,” his cousin Abdullahi Nur told Reuters.
“He always shonea big light on al Shabaab, may God rest his soul,” Nur said.
Al Shabaab confirmed it was behind the attack. The group, which wants to overthrow the government and impose its own strict interpretation of Islamic law, frequently carries out bombings.