Somali journalist Amun Abdullahi Mohamed murdered

Award-winning Somali-Swedish journalist Amun Abdullahi Mohamed, who was murdered on October 18 by two gunmen with reported ties to the insurgent group Al-Shabab. Reports indicate that there is no known motive for the shooting. However, the area where she was killed has a history of attacks by Al-Shabab. Mohamed was a prominent journalist known for exposing extremism and the activities of Al-Shabab through her investigative reporting. After seeking asylum in Sweden in 1992, Mohamed worked for Radio Sweden’s Somali language department, where she reported on Al-Shabab’s recruitment efforts and highlighted extremist activities in the suburbs of Stockholm. Later, she resettled in Abdula Biroole, a small village in the Afgoye district, located 40 km southwest of the capital of Mogadishu. https://ipi.media/somalia-ipi-demands-a-thorough-investigation-into-the-killing-of-journalist-amun-abdullahi-mohamed/