Mogadishu,(insidesomalia.org)-Forces from the transitional government of Somalia have forcibly and violently broken into the building of Shabelle Media Network in Mogadishu and took away Mukhtar Mohamed Hiraabe, the director of the Radio station while ransacking studio equipments of the radio station.

It is not known the motive of this deadly raid by government forces on Shabelle radio and the detention of Mukhtar Mohamed Hiraabe.

The attack left Shabelle journalists inside the building shocked and terrified.

"The forces were moving madly and dangerously in all rooms while broke into building and they ordered us lying on the flour and we thought it as the last day of our lives" says one journalist whose name can't be revealed because of the danger faced.

It was earlier this morning, when these same forces from the transitional government attacked and ransacked Simba Radio station which is near Shabelle.

It is not known the fate of Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe who was whisked away under the barrels of guns and there is no possibility of other journalists leaving the building as it is still encircled by the government forces.

Besides the detention of Hiraabe, the government forces took two studio mixers, computers and telephones from the Radio.

This is a worrisome situation where the management of the radio doesn’t know what to do.

"Somalia's media is facing danger which will ultimately and surely silence the freedom of speech in Somalia and the flow of information out the country if the government doesn't respect the basics of democracy on which it was formed " says a statement released by Shabelle Media Network soon after its director was detained and studio equipments ransacked.

Source: Shabelle Media Network

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