Nasteh Dahir Farah (1972 or 1973 – June 7, 2008) was a Somali

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, 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

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ed in

Kismayo Kismayo (, , ; ) is a port city in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) province of Somalia. It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region. The city is situated southwest of the capital Mogadishu, near the mouth of the Jub ...

, Somalia, on June 7, 2008. Dahir, described as a "leading Somali journalist", was a local correspondent in Somalia for the

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and the

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. He received death threats before being murdered. He was shot by gunmen and died in a hospital in Kismayo.

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stated that the killers had not been identified, but the

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and

Al Jazeera Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN; , ) is a private-media conglomerate headquartered in Wadi Al Sail, Doha, funded in part by the government of Qatar. The network's flagship channels include Al Jazeera Arabic and Al Jazeera English, which pro ...

reported that the killing had been attributed to Islamist insurgents."Somali journalist shot dead"
Al Jazeera, June 7, 2008

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dahir, Nasteh 1970s births 2008 deaths Deaths by firearm in Somalia Assassinated Somalian journalists Associated Press reporters 2008 murders in Somalia

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