4 injured in attacks on Somali radio stations

(PressTV) Unknown assailants have injured three journalists and a security guard in a series of coordinated attacks on three radio stations in northern Somalia, say eyewitnesses.

The attacks occurred Friday evening when radio Galkaio, radio Mudug and radio Hobyo, all of which are in Galkaio, were attacked minutes apart, leaving journalists in the region shocked, said Colonel Abdulahi Weli, a Puntland police officer.

"We are investigating the incident because such attacks on independent radio stations are new to the region," he said.

Abdulkadir Ali Jumale, a radio journalist who was slightly injured, also confirmed one of the attacks, saying that he was shocked by it.

"I was leaving radio Mudug after conversing with my friends, who work there, when two large explosions of what seemed to be hand grenades occurred very close to me. The power of the explosions slammed me against the wall leaving me unconscious for a few minutes," he said.