TIMELINE-Attacks on journalists in Somalia

May 5 (Reuters) - Islamist gunmen have shot dead Sheikh Nur Abkey, who worked for the state-run Radio Mogadishu. He was a prominent journalist in Mogadishu, the first reporter to be killed in Somalia this year, one of his colleagues said on Wednesday.
Here is a timeline of previous attacks on journalists:
Oct. 19, 2007 - Acting chairman of Radio Shabelle, Bashir Nur Gedi, is shot dead by unknown men in his house in Mogadishu.
Dec. 16 - Gunmen seize French journalist Gwen Le Gouil of television company Cargocult Production. He was freed on Dec. 24.
Jan 10, 2008 - Four gunmen shoot Abdikheyr Mohammed Jama in the face as he leaves community radio station in Puntland.
May 4 - Gunmen open fire on Bisharo Mohammed Waeys, a talk show presenter on privately-owned Eastern Television Network in Puntland, as she drove home. She was unhurt.
June 7 - Suspected Islamist insurgents shoot dead Nasteh Dahir, a local journalist working for the BBC, in southern Somalia, witnesses said.
Aug. 23 - Amanda Lindhout, a Canadian freelance reporter, and Nigel Brennan, a freelance Australian photojournalist are kidnapped in Mogadishu. Somali journalist, Abdifatah Mohammed Elmi, who was working as their interpreter, is also kidnapped. Elmi is released in January 2009. Lindhout and Brennan are freed in Nov. 2009.
Nov. 26 - Briton Colin Freeman, a correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph, and Spanish freelance photographer Jose Cendon are kidnapped in the northern province of Puntland. They are freed in January 2009 without a ransom being paid.   Continued...