Sahal Abdulle is a veteran Somali reporter. Since mid-2006 he has reported on the rise and fall of the Islamist movement in the capital Mogadishu for Reuters. In the following story slugged WITNESS-SOMALIA/JOURNALIST and headlined "WITNESS-Escaping bombs and saving tortoises in Mogadishu" he describes being injured in a bomb attack that killed his friend. Abdulle was treated in Mogadishu and Nairobi and is recuperating from his injuries with his family in Canada.

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