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Sat, 09/03/2011 - 10:19
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BERNAMATV CAMERAMAN KILLED, TV3 REPORTER INJURED IN SOMALIA SHOOTING
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 (Bernama) -- A BernamaTV cameraman, Noramfaizul Mohd
Nor, 39, who was part of a humanitarian mission to famine-stricken Somalia, was
killed in a shooting incident in Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, on
Friday afternoon.
A TV3 journalist, Aji Saregar Mazlan, was injured in the incident which
occurred while they were travelling in a four-wheel-drive vehicle back to the
place where they were putting up, escorted by a Somali armed forces truck.
An Astro Awani journalist, Tan Su Lin, in her live report to Astro tonight
said the incident took place at about 5.40pm local time or about 10.40pm
Malaysian time.
She said she heard two gunshots on the right hand side of their vehicle and
followed by the smell of smoke.
"I turned around and saw Aji was writhing in pain, and Faizul turned pale
and collapsed onto the shoulder of Aji," she said.
Meanwhile, BernamaTV journalist Khairulanuar Yahaya, who is also part of the
humanitarian mission led by Putera 1Malaysia Club, said the bullet pierced
through Noramfaizul's lungs and that he succumbed to his injuries about 30
minutes later while being given treatment.
Noramfaizul leaves behind a wife Norazrina Jaafar, 37, and two sons, Mohd
Irfan, 8, and Mohd Naufal, 3.
Norazrina, who was on her way from Johor to her in-law's house in Serdang
Raya, near here, said she was shocked to learn about her husband's death.
She said that before leaving for Somalia, her husband had told her to take
care of herself and their children.
"He told me he was doing a service for the country and said not to worry
about his safety," said Norazrina, a public relations executive of a government
agency, here.
Tan said they were six of them in the vehicle when the shooting occured.
They had planned to pack upon reaching their place because they were
expected to leave for Malaysia at about 5.30am local time on Saturday.
She said mission chief Azeez Abdul Rahim, who is Putera 1Malaysia Club
president, was making the arrangement to bring home Noramfaizul's body together
with the team on Saturday.
The mission left Kuala Lumpur for Mogadishu on Aug 28 and is expected to end
their mission Sunday.
Nor, 39, who was part of a humanitarian mission to famine-stricken Somalia, was
killed in a shooting incident in Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, on
Friday afternoon.
A TV3 journalist, Aji Saregar Mazlan, was injured in the incident which
occurred while they were travelling in a four-wheel-drive vehicle back to the
place where they were putting up, escorted by a Somali armed forces truck.
An Astro Awani journalist, Tan Su Lin, in her live report to Astro tonight
said the incident took place at about 5.40pm local time or about 10.40pm
Malaysian time.
She said she heard two gunshots on the right hand side of their vehicle and
followed by the smell of smoke.
"I turned around and saw Aji was writhing in pain, and Faizul turned pale
and collapsed onto the shoulder of Aji," she said.
Meanwhile, BernamaTV journalist Khairulanuar Yahaya, who is also part of the
humanitarian mission led by Putera 1Malaysia Club, said the bullet pierced
through Noramfaizul's lungs and that he succumbed to his injuries about 30
minutes later while being given treatment.
Noramfaizul leaves behind a wife Norazrina Jaafar, 37, and two sons, Mohd
Irfan, 8, and Mohd Naufal, 3.
Norazrina, who was on her way from Johor to her in-law's house in Serdang
Raya, near here, said she was shocked to learn about her husband's death.
She said that before leaving for Somalia, her husband had told her to take
care of herself and their children.
"He told me he was doing a service for the country and said not to worry
about his safety," said Norazrina, a public relations executive of a government
agency, here.
Tan said they were six of them in the vehicle when the shooting occured.
They had planned to pack upon reaching their place because they were
expected to leave for Malaysia at about 5.30am local time on Saturday.
She said mission chief Azeez Abdul Rahim, who is Putera 1Malaysia Club
president, was making the arrangement to bring home Noramfaizul's body together
with the team on Saturday.
The mission left Kuala Lumpur for Mogadishu on Aug 28 and is expected to end
their mission Sunday.
