Peacekeepers in Somalia Fire on Car, Leaving a Journalist Dead

[Judi Lynn]

Source: New York Times

Peacekeepers in Somalia Fire on Car, Leaving a Journalist Dead
By MOHAMMED IBRAHIM and JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
Published: September 3, 2011

MOGADISHU, Somalia — African Union peacekeepers shot and killed a Malaysian journalist covering the famine in Somalia, while a new burst of violence erupted in the central part of the country, Somali officials said Saturday.

Witnesses said African Union peacekeepers opened fired on a car carrying journalists on Friday afternoon as it passed near the crowded K-4 junction in central Mogadishu. A Malaysian cameraman, Noramfaizul Mohd Nor, 39, died after being shot in the chest, and another journalist was wounded. According to a report by the Malaysian National News Agency, both journalists were on a humanitarian mission and were escorted by Somali armed forces.

It was not immediately known why the peacekeepers fired on the car, and the African Union said Saturday that the shooting was under investigation.

“The facts are very unclear at the moment,” said Maj. Gen. Fred Mugisha, the force commander. “I have spoken personally to the Somali president about the situation and offered my sincere reassurance that a full investigation is under way and that the appropriate action will be taken against any soldiers found to have acted improperly.”




Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/world/africa/04somalia.html?_r=1&ref=world

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2. "Leave them dead"? How about killed them?

And folks who kill are not really peacekeepers, are they?

They are killers.