SOMALI PRESIDENT EXTENDS CONDOLENCES OVER DEATH OF BERNAMATV CAMERAMAN

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 (Bernama) -- Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh
Ahmed has contacted Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Tun Razak to extend
condolences over the death of a BernamaTV cameraman from a sniper bullet in
Mogadishu Friday.

Foreign Minister Anifah Aman, in a statement Saturday, said the
Somali leader also expressed regret over the incident in which Noramfaizul Mohd
Nor, 39, was killed.

"The Somali minister of internal affairs has assured us of a full
investigation and report (relating to the incident)," said Anifah.

Noramfaizul, 39, was one of the 55 volunteers in the Putera 1Malaysia Club
humanitarian mission to assist victims of the drought and famine in Somalia.

Anifah said security at the volunteers' living quarters had also been
stepped up.

Noramfaizul died after a stray bullet hit his right shoulder and pierced his
lungs in the sniper incident at 5.40 pm local time (10.40 pm Malaysian time)
Friday.

His remains are being flown back to Malaysia in a Royal Malaysian Air Force
(RMAF) aircraft which is expected to arrive at about 9 am Sunday at the RMAF
base in Subang.

The rest of the aid mission members are also flying back.

"The Somali security forces will be heavily guarding the group as they head
to the airport," said Anifah, who expressed his condolences to Noramfaizul's
family.