The Somali Journalists Association Network (SOJANET) is reporting the injury of freelancer journalist Hassan Mohamed Abiikar known as Hassan Matore who was attacked by four unknown gunmen in Afgoye district in the Lower Shabelle region on Tuesday evening.

Matore was shot four times in the chest by the attackers and seriously injured. He was immediately rushed to the Daynile Hospital in Mogadishu
Explorations by the SOJANET and the local Journalists revealed there was a high intemperate fear for journalists being killed just for their transparency of reporting news in the Al shabaab and those Al Hisbul-Islam areas.

“Despite risks and dangers that Somali journalists face on a daily basis in Somalia, at least SOJANET should be happy to tell colleagues in Somalia that there will be a hope of a bright future for all Somalis including journalists who were experienced in almost 20 years of war, so let the journalists in Somalia move forward rather than be scattered in fear”, said SOJANET Secretary General Mohamed Mohamud Odowa

Somalia is Africa ’s deadliest country and dangerous place for foreign and local journalists that very little news escapes at all, SOJANET said.

Kidnap, torture and death are as much a part of journalists’ lives in many parts of the Somalia .

SOJANET is nonprofit Network and non-Governmental organization, but only serves and dedicated for Somali Journalists as well as the freedom of speech.