A Malaysian journalist was shot shot dead in Somalia and another reporter was injured after African Peace Keeping Forces opened fire at their vehicle in Somalia on Friday. Noramfaizul Mohd Nor, 39-years-old, who worked for the Bernama News Agency. Their cameraman was part of a humanitarian mission to cover the famine in Somalia. Reports said the peacekeeping forces opened fire on the car carrying the journalists near the crowded K-4 junction in the center of the Somali capital Mogadishu. The car was carrying 6 journalists on board when the shooting took place. Nor died after he was shot in the chest. He has a wife and two sons, an 8- and 3-year-old. The shooting left Aji Saregar Mazlan, TV journalist, injured in the incident. The Bernama News Agency said the journalists were on board a vehicle returning to the place where they were staying and had been escorted by a Somali armed forces truck when the shooting occurred. The motives behind the shooting remains unclear, yet the African Union said it was investigating the incident. “The facts are very unclear at the moment,” said commander of the African Union forces, General Fred Mugisha. “I have spoken personally to the Somali president about the situation and offered my sincere reassurance that a full investigation is under way and that the appropriate action will be taken against any soldiers found to have acted improperly,” he added. BM
