Radio Mogadishu, Somali National TV
December 3, 2015, in Mogadishu, Somalia

Hindia, a journalist for two state-run news outlets, was killed by a car bomb in Mogadishu, according to news reports.

Hindia was a producer and news reporter with the state-run outlets Radio Mogadishu and Somali National TV. A bomb planted under the seat of her car was detonated by remote control, a journalist familiar with the case, who asked not to be named, told CPJ. Reports said Hindia was leaving university at the time of the attack. She was taken to a local hospital where she died a few hours later, the journalist said.

According to news reports, Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the bombing. Members of the state-run media are often threatened and attacked by militants in the region, CPJ research shows. CPJ could not determine whether Hindia had received threats before her murder.

Hindia was the widow of Liban Ali Nur, who also worked for Radio Mogadishu and Somali National TV, and who was murdered on September 20, 2012. According to a statement emailed by the National Union of Somali Journalists, Hindia was a single mother of seven children.

Medium:Radio, Television
Job:Broadcast Reporter, Producer
Beats Covered:Politics, War
Gender:Female
Local or Foreign:Local
Freelance:No
Type of Death:Murder
Suspected Source of Fire:Political Group
Impunity:Yes
Taken Captive:No
Tortured:No
Threatened:No

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