Hindia Haji Mohamed

Hindia Haji Mohamed, (ca. 1988 – December 3, 2015), a Somali broadcast radio and TV journalist and producer for Radio Mogadishu and Somali National Television in Mogadishu, Somalia, was one of the many journalists killed during the Somali Civil War. She and her husband Liban Ali Nur were both among the assassinated journalists making them among the few married couples worldwide killed.

Personal Mohamed was a mother to five children. In 2012, Mohamed's husband was killed in a suicide bombing at a restaurant in Mogadishu along with 14 others and injuring around 20 more. Mohamed was on her way home from Somali International University (SIU).

The group who claimed responsibility for the attack was the Al-Shabaab. Abdirisack Mohamed Barrow and Hassan Nur Ali Farah were executed by firing squad. Four other men were also convicted. Moalim Mohamed Abukar and Mohamed Sheikh Yussuf both received life sentences following the attack and still two others received 10 to 15-year prison sentences.

Reactions Irina Bokova, the director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, said, "I condemn the killing of Hindiya Haji Mohamed. Pluralistic and independent media are vital to freedom of expression and cannot operate without the dedicated work of journalists. It is essential for Somali society as a whole that the perpetrators of this crime are brought to justice."

Omar Frank Osman, secretary of NUSOJ, said, "We all mourn this disastrous assassination of Hindiyo Haji Mohamed which is another reminder of the risks Somali journalists continue to face regularly. This was targeted killing, deliberately meant to eliminate Hindiyo. Those who deliberately seek to harm unsuspecting members of the public, including journalists, need to be condemned and hunted down to answer for their actions."