Nasteh Dahir Farah (1972 or 1973 – June 7, 2008) was a Somali reporter, and vice-president of the National Union of Somali Journalists."Somalie: le correspondent de la BBC à Kismayo tué par balles" , AFP, June 7, 2008 He was murdered in Kismayo, Somalia, on June 7, 2008."Un reporter de la BBC tué par des hommes armés au Sud de la Somalie" , Agence de Presse Africaine, June 8, 2008
Dahir, described as a "leading Somali journalist","Leading Somali journalist slain", CNN, June 7, 2008 was a local correspondent in Somalia for the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Associated Press news agency. He received death threats before being murdered. He was shot by gunmen and died in a hospital in Kismayo. Reporters Without Borders stated that the killers had not been identified,"Reporters sans frontières bouleversée par l’assassinat du vice-président de son organisation partenaire en Somalie" , Reporters Without Borders, June 7, 2008 but the BBC and Al Jazeera reported that the killing had been attributed to Islamist insurgents."Somali BBC contributor shot dead", BBC, June 7, 2008"Somali journalist shot dead", Al Jazeera, June 7, 2008
See also Abdul Samad Rohani, a BBC journalist murdered on the same day or the following day in Afghanistan
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