Photos: Somali journalist Sa’id Tahlil (HornAfrik) lain to rest after being shot dead by masked gunmen in Mogadishu

Wed Feb 4, 10:47 AM ET

Friends and family members carry the coffin of Said Tahlil Wednesday, Feb. 4 2009 . after he was shot dead by three masked men armed with pistols, in Mogadishu, Somalia. A Somali journalist said masked gunmen killed the director of Somalia’s largest media company at a market in the Somali capital. The journalist said he was with HornAfrik Director Said Tahlil and six other journalists when the gunmen stopped them, took then to a corner and shot Tahlil in the chest. The journalist was speaking on condition of anonymity because of fear of reprisals (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)

Wed Feb 4, 8:55 AM ET

A man covers the slain body of Said Tahlil Ahmed, the head of private media house HornAfrik in Mogadishu, February 4, 2009. Gunmen shot dead the head of private media house HornAfrik in Mogadishu on Wednesday in the latest assassination of a journalist in Somalia. Ahmed was killed in Mogadishu’s Bakara market, which is often a battleground for government soldiers and Islamist insurgents, witnesses and colleagues said.REUTERS/Ismail Taxta (SOMALIA)

Wed Feb 4, 8:53 AM ET

People carry the slain body of Said Tahlil Ahmed, the head of private media house HornAfrik in Mogadishu, February 4, 2009. Gunmen shot dead the head of private media house HornAfrik in Mogadishu on Wednesday in the latest assassination of a journalist in Somalia. Ahmed was killed in Mogadishu’s Bakara market, which is often a battleground for government soldiers and Islamist insurgents, witnesses and colleagues said.REUTERS/Ismail Taxta (SOMALIA)