MALAYSIANS MOURN: Naemah Abdul Majid holds a family portrait while awaiting the arrival of her son Noramfaizul Mohd Nor’s remains at the family home in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. (Inset) Noramfaizul. — Bernama photo
KUALA LUMPUR: A BernamaTV cameraman, Noramfaizul Mohd Nor, 39, who was part of a humanitarian mission to famine-stricken Somalia, was killed in a shooting incident in Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, on Friday afternoon.
A TV3 journalist, Aji Saregar Mazlan, was injured in the incident which occurred while they were travelling in a four-wheel-drive vehicle back to the place where they were putting up, escorted by a Somali armed forces truck.
An Astro Awani journalist, Tan Su Lin, in her live report to Astro last night said the incident took place about 5.40pm local time or about 10.40pm Malaysian time.
She said she heard two gunshots on the right hand side of their vehicle and followed by the smell of smoke.
“I turned around and saw Aji was writhing in pain, and Faizul turned pale and collapsed onto the shoulder of Aji,” she said.
Meanwhile, BernamaTV journalist Khairulanuar Yahaya, who is also part of the humanitarian mission led by Putera 1Malaysia Club, said the bullet pierced through Noramfaizul’s lungs and that he succumbed to his injuries about 30 minutes later while being given treatment.
Noramfaizul leaves behind a wife Norazrina Jaafar, 37, and two sons, Mohd Irfan, 8, and Mohd Naufal, 3.
Norazrina, who was on her way from Johor to her in-law’s house in Serdang Raya, near here, said she was shocked to learn about her husband’s death.
She said that before leaving for Somalia, her husband had told her to take care of herself and their children.
“He told me he was doing a service for the country and said not to worry about his safety,” said Norazrina, a public relations executive of a government agency, here.
Tan said they were six of them in the vehicle when the shooting occured.
They had planned to pack upon reaching their place because they were expected to leave for Malaysia at about 5.30am local time yesterday.
She said mission chief Datuk Azeez Abdul Rahim, who is Putera 1Malaysia Club president, was making the arrangement to bring home Noramfaizul’s body together with the team yesterday.
The mission left Kuala Lumpur for Mogadishu on Aug 28 and is expected to end their mission today. — Bernama