Cameraman shot dead in Mogadishu

AN unidentified gunman shot and killed a Swedish cameraman during a demonstration in the Somali capital Mogadishu yesterday, a restive city recently captured by an Islamic group after months of fighting.

The assailant shot the cameraman in the back at close range, killing him on the spot before disappearing in the crowd, an Associated Press reporter who witnessed the shooting said.

Another Western reporter who was walking with the victim was unhurt.