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 Friday night said the incident took place at 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, Bernama TV 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 on Saturday.
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 on Saturday.
The mission left Kuala Lumpur for Mogadishu on Aug 28 and is expected to end their mission Saturday.
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My condolence to his family,, it's really a matter of upsetting to hear this news,,really,we feel sorry sorry for what happened,,and as we heard the african peace keepers(Amisom) were behind this action and the somalis didn't involve this matter at all,, finally i thank to the malaysians for their donation and may Allah reward you,, your sister from Mogadishu ng to hear this news,,really,we feel sorry sorry for what happened,,and as we heard the african peace keepers(Amisom) were behind this action and the somalis didn't involve this matter at all,, finally i thank to the malaysians for their donation and may Allah reward you,, your sister from Mogadishu
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