A Somali journalist who helped al-Shabab kill five fellow reporters has been executed by firing squad.<\/p>\n
Hassan Hanafi, once a respected broadcaster, was sentenced to death last month by a military court in the capital, Mogadishu.<\/p>\n
He assisted the Islamist militant group by identifying possible targets amongst journalists between 2007 and 2011.<\/p>\n
He joined its armed wing after working for Radio Andalus, al-Shabab’s mouthpiece in Somalia.<\/p>\n
More than 25 journalists have been murdered in Somalia since 2007, the Committee to Protect Journalists says.<\/p>\n
While he was working for al-Shabab, Hanafi would call up journalists and threaten them with death if they refused to join the militant group, the BBC Somali’s Mohammud Ali says.<\/p>\n
Al-Shabab frequently stages attacks in Mogadishu and other cities, and still controls many rural areas in southern Somalia.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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