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- Said Tahlol Ahmed was the director of Somalia's independent radio station HornAfrik
- HornAfrik, established in 1999, is Somalia's largest media companyInternational Herald Tribune: Gunmen kill prominent Somali journalist
- Ahmed was shot to death on February 4, 2009, in Mogadishu's Bakara MarketBBC News: Radio chief in Somalia shot dead
- Witnesses say gunmen surrounded Ahmed and six other journalists as they walked through the MarketBBC News: Radio chief in Somalia shot dead
- The group was walking to a scheduled press conference called by the Islamist militia al-ShababBBC News: Radio chief in Somalia shot dead
- Ahmed was shot in the chest; the other journalists fled
- None of the journalists with Ahmed were injured
- Gunmen fled the scene; there was no immediate word on any arrestsBBC News: Radio chief in Somalia shot dead
- No one had come forward to claim responsibility for the murder as of February 4, 2009BBC News: Radio chief in Somalia shot dead
- Ahmed became the director of HornAfrik when his predecessor was killed in August 2007International Herald Tribune: Gunmen kill prominent Somali journalist
- Previous director, Ali Iman Sharmarke, was killed in a targeted landmine explosionInternational Herald Tribune: Gunmen kill prominent Somali journalist
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Said Tahlil Ahmed was the director of the independent HornAfrik radio station in Somalia. According to witnesses, Ahmed was killed by armed gunmen as he and six other journalists were walking to a press conference in Mogadishu on February 4, 2009. No other journalists were injured in the attack.BBC News: Radio chief in Somalia shot dead
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