Oct 21 (Reuters) - Relatives buried the latest victim of a series of attacks on journalists in Somalia, a senior broadcaster shot dead on Friday. Here is a chronology of journalists who have died in Somalia since a conflict between Islamists and the government began in June 2006. 2006: June 23 - Gunman shoots dead Swedish television cameraman Martin Adler covering a pro-Islamist demonstration in Mogadishu. Aug 4 - Vehicle carrying members of the National Union of Somali Journalists is ambushed between Baidoa and Mogadishu. The driver Madey Garas is killed and a journalist injured. 2007: Feb 16 - Ali Mohammed Omar, a presenter on Radio Warsan in Baidoa, is shot dead by three assailants as he walked home. May 5 - Mohammed Abdullahi Khalif is killed in Puntland. May 15 - Abshir Ali Gabra and Ahmed Hassen are killed in the central Shabelle region. Aug 11 - Gunmen shoot dead Somali HornAfrik radio journalist and talk show host Mahad Ahmed Elmi outside his station in Mogadishu. Aug 11 - HornAfrik media co-founder Ali Iman Sharmarke is killed by a landmine while travelling in Mogadishu after the funeral of a murdered colleague. Reuters journalist Sahal Abdulle is injured. Aug 24 - Abdulkadir Mahad Moallim Kaskey of local Radio Banadir is killed after attackers open fire on a minibus in southwestern Gedo province. Another passenger is hurt. Oct 19 - Acting chairman of Radio Shabelle, Bashir Nur Gedi, is shot dead by unknown men in his house in Mogadishu. Sources: Reuters/ Reporters Without Borders/ National Union of Somali Journalists.
