NAIROBI, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Somali authorities said Sunday they are holding two suspects in connection with the deaths of two prominent journalists who were killed within hours of each other on Saturday, according to reports reaching here.
Mogadishu Mayor Mohamed Dheere told a news conference in the Somali capital that the two suspects were arrested on Saturday night, adding that one of them has confessed to being involved in both attacks.
"These men are in the hands of police forces. They are being investigated," Dheere said according to Somali news portal, Shabelle News.
Ali Iman Sharmarke, managing director of HornAfrik Radio, died when his car was blown up as he and colleagues in a convoy of media mourners were returning from the burial of Mahad Ahmed Elmi, director of Radio Capital Voice, who was shot dead earlier Saturday in Mogadishu.
These deaths are the latest in a series of attacks that have claimed six media lives in Somalia this year.
HornAfrik is one of the most popular media groups in Somalia, providing radio, TV and Internet news to many Somalis.
The station's broadcasts have criticized both the government and the Muslim groups who have been trying to topple the administration.
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