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Abdiaziz Mohamud, known for conducting critical programs with the armed group, was hit as he was leaving a restaurant in the Somali capital.
A famous Somali journalist who was critical of the armed group Al-Shabab was killed by a suicide bomber while leaving a restaurant in the capital Mogadishu, relatives and authorities reported.
Al-Shababe claimed responsibility for the blast, killing Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled, director of Radio Mogadishu, known as Abdiaziz Africa. Several other people were injured in the attack, including a Somali National Television director and a driver.
“My cousin Abdiaziz was killed by a suicide bomber when he was taken to a restaurant and immediately … he died when he was taken to hospital,” his cousin, Abdullahi Nur, told Reuters.
“He always gave great light to al-Shabab, may God rest his soul,” Abdullahi added.
In a statement, Somali Deputy Minister of Information Abdirahman Yusuf Omar said the country had lost a “brave man”.
Government official Ismael Mukhtar Omar, a former colleague of Abdiaziz’s, told AFP news agency that police have confirmed that a suicide bombing was caused.
“He got out of the restaurant and got into his car after dinner with a colleague, and the suicide bomber hit the car window and blew himself up,” another colleague Ali Mohamed said.
Al-Shabab, which is waging a violent armed campaign against the country’s fragile government and often targets political, security or civilian targets, claimed responsibility for the attack.
“The Mujahideen had been hunting Abdiaziz for a long time. He committed crimes against Islam, took part in the assassination of the mujahideen, ”Abdiasis Abu Musab, a spokesman for military operation Al-Shabab, told Reuters by phone.
Abdiaziz was known for his interviews with al-Shabab suspects arrested by Somali security forces and his programs attracted a large audience both inside and outside the country.
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