Car bomb kills journalist in Somalia capital, says witness

MOGADISHU, Somalia – A Somali journalist says a car bomb killed a fellow journalist in the capital late Monday.

Ahmed Mohamed, who works for Kalsan TV, said Mohamed Ibrahim, a news presenter for the same broadcaster, died at a hospital after being injured by a bomb which concealed in his car in Mogadishu’s Wadajir district.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.

Somalia is one of the most dangerous countries for media workers. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 59 journalists have been killed since 1992, soon after a civil war began in this Horn of Africa nation. The deadliest year was 2012 when 18 journalists were killed.